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href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S53F3tSrqjI\/AAAAAAAAIbY\/HNT0vLQUsQ4\/MarioPuzoThGodfather8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TX9-iBm0M_I\/AAAAAAAAQ-c\/BNb2n0ZzGxU\/Mario%20Puzo%2C%20Th%20Godfather.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"335\" height=\"267\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI'm a big fan of the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mario_Puzo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMario Puzo’s\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E 1969 novel \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Godfather_%28novel%29\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Godfather\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and the movie that was made from it in 1972.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI am also a big fan of vintage men’s adventure magazines. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn fact, I write a blog about them (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.menspulpmags.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMensPulpMags.com\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E). \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI also co-edit anthologies of classic men’s adventure magazine stories for the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3bMWa9q\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMen’s Adventure Library\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E book series published by \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/newtextureblog.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENew Texture Books\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf you’re not a fan of those venerable periodicals from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, you may not know that Mario Puzo made his living writing wild action and adventure stories for them before \u003Cem\u003EThe Godfather\u003C\/em\u003E made him famous.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EPuzo wrote some of his men’s adventure yarns under his own name. But the majority were written under the pseudonym \u003Cstrong\u003E“Mario Cleri.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAnd he wrote a lot of them. I’d guesstimate around 200. (An example of a men’s adventure yarn Puzo wrote under the pen name Mario Cleri, featuring artwork by \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.menspulpmags.com\/search\/label\/Gil%20Cohen\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGil Cohen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, is shown below.)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMost of those stories appeared in men’s adventure magazines published by subsidiaries of \u003Cstrong\u003EMagazine Management\u003C\/strong\u003E, the publishing company owned by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Goodman_%28publisher%29\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMartin Goodman\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMagazine Management put out some of the best men’s adventure mags, such as \u003Cem\u003EAction for Men, For Men Only, Male, Man’s World, Men \u003C\/em\u003Eand \u003Cem\u003EStag.\u003C\/em\u003E (It also launched \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Goodman_%28publisher%29#Marvel_Comics\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMarvel Comics\u003C\/a\u003E.) \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EPuzo was hired as a Magazine Management writer around 1959 by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bruce_Jay_Friedman#Life_and_career\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBruce Jay Friedman\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, another talented writer who worked for the company before he became a world famous novelist (and playwright and scriptwriter). At the time, Friedman was the editor of several of the company’s men’s adventure magazines and its \u003Cem\u003EPlayboy\u003C\/em\u003E competitor, \u003Cem\u003ESwank\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-OkD7utgwn20\/VunS8bwA1eI\/AAAAAAAAk1g\/Q00BV96VxSs\/s1600-h\/Mario%252520Puzo%252520Godfather%252520in%252520MALE%25252C%252520August%2525201969%25255B5%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Mario Puzo Godfather in MALE, August 1969\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 15px 0px 15px 15px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mario Puzo Godfather in MALE, August 1969\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-a1C8cf_u2x4\/VunS9BEerTI\/AAAAAAAAk1k\/zzikWFXmLpA\/Mario%252520Puzo%252520Godfather%252520in%252520MALE%25252C%252520August%2525201969_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"229\" align=\"right\" height=\"296\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EPuzo had written one novel before joining the Magazine Management staff. He wrote several others in his spare time while working for the company in the 1960s. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut he didn’t become successful as a novelist until 1969, when his fifth novel, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Godfather\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ewas published on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EMarch 10\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E of that year by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G._P._Putnam's_Sons\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPutnam’s\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe iconic cover of the novel with the hand holding the marionette control bar (later used for the movie posters) was designed by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S._Neil_Fujita\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ES. Neil Fujita\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ENot long after \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe Godfather \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003Ewas published, Puzo stopped writing for men’s adventure magazines. But he maintained warm relations with Magazine Management. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn August 1969 an abridged version of \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe Godfather \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003Ewas featured in the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.menspulpmags.com\/2015\/08\/earl-norem-and-mort-kunstler-art-for.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAugust 1969 issue of \u003Cem\u003EMale\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, along with an outstanding \u003Cem\u003EGodfather-\u003C\/em\u003Ethemed cover painting by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3tjgnK5\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMort Kunstler\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E(shown at right) and equally cool interior illustrations by \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.menspulpmags.com\/search?q=%22Earl+Norem%22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEarl Norem\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (shown below).\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EPuzo didn’t reach the height of his fame until a few years later, after the movie became a critical smash and box office blockbuster. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAlthough the movie is a fairly faithful adaptation of the novel\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E by Hollywood standards, largely because \u003C\/font\u003EPuzo co-wrote the script with director \u003Cstrong\u003EFrancis Ford Coppola\u003C\/strong\u003E, there are some differences. One is related to the movie’s best known line.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EEarly in the novel, the Italian singer and actor \u003Cstrong\u003EJohnny Fontane\u003C\/strong\u003E tells Mafia “Godfather” \u003Cstrong\u003EDon Vito Corleone\u003C\/strong\u003E that a Hollywood movie executive had refus\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eed to give him a role he wanted in an upcoming film. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EDon Corleone tells Johnny he’ll convince the studio executive to change his mind. When Johnny seems skeptical, Corleone gives a simple explanation of why he’s confident: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“He’s a businessman,” the Don said blandly. “I’ll make him an offer he can't refuse.” \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ECorleone sends his \u003Cem\u003Econsigliere\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ETom Hagen\u003C\/strong\u003E, to visit the studio exec and make a seemingly polite request to have Johnny reconsidered for the movie role. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe studio exec refuses, haughtily and hotly. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESoon after that, he finds the severed head of his prized stud racehorse in his bed—and quickly decides to give Johnny the role. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-nuYf0pm0qS0\/VuhzwZXUESI\/AAAAAAAAk0Q\/LhIZ1Ssak0A\/s1600-h\/Mario%252520Puzo%252520story%252520as%252520Mario%252520Cleri%25252C%252520MALE%25252C%252520Feb%2525201967%25255B9%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Mario Puzo story as Mario Cleri, MALE, Feb 1967\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mario Puzo story as Mario Cleri, MALE, Feb 1967\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-m6kl_f_O2XY\/Vuhzw8CX19I\/AAAAAAAAk0U\/cPSCxDf9LcQ\/Mario%252520Puzo%252520story%252520as%252520Mario%252520Cleri%25252C%252520MALE%25252C%252520Feb%2525201967_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"404\" height=\"309\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-kQdsPLcUaEM\/VuhzxSCwNCI\/AAAAAAAAk0Y\/JI6CpZqR4sw\/s1600-h\/Mario%252520Puzo%252527s%252520The%252520Godfather%252520in%252520MALE%252520August%2525201969%25255B9%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg title=\"Mario Puzo\u0026#39;s The Godfather in MALE August 1969\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mario Puzo\u0026#39;s The Godfather in MALE August 1969\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-M3VQAOwzrO8\/Vuhzx1sNF-I\/AAAAAAAAk0c\/UPW1w848Mao\/Mario%252520Puzo%252527s%252520The%252520Godfather%252520in%252520MALE%252520August%2525201969_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"404\" height=\"311\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ELater in the novel, after Vito’s son \u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Corleone\u003C\/strong\u003E takes over the family business, Michael predicts that another mobster who had declined the family’s offer to buy his casino will change his mind. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EEchoing his father, Michael says simply: \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.”\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESoon, that mobster is dead and Michael’s family owns the casino.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E     \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:53357c8b-5919-4e32-8c25-305d27c17a37:65a9e0a8-22e1-4e96-8534-e5a9afe3412c\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"float: left; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 20px; padding-left: 20px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 20px\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cembed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"225\" width=\"274\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ch8uCOPbH7I\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E As you probably know, these same events are played out in \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ethe movie version of \u003Cem\u003EThe Godfather\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, which was released in the USA on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EMarch 15, 1972\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn the movie, the famous “offer” line used by \u003Cstrong\u003EMarlon Brando, \u003C\/strong\u003Eas Don Vito Corleone, is not quite the same as in the book. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ch8uCOPbH7I\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBrando says\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cem\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ELater in the film, \u003Cstrong\u003EAl Pacino\u003C\/strong\u003E, as Michael, says the same line that Vito and Michael say in Puzo’s novel: \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.” \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWhen \u003Cem\u003EThe Godfather\u003C\/em\u003E debuted in movie theaters, it was an immediate hit. It was soon a huge one that broke multiple box office records. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAlmost overnight, \u003Cem\u003E“an offer he can’t refuse”\u003C\/em\u003E became a national catchphrase. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOf course, in the novel and film the “offer” is a veiled threat used with chilling effect. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAs part of our language, mentions of offers that can’t be refused are now typically used more for humorous effect.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOne mob-related example is in HBO’s mob family series \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Sopranos\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/tviv.org\/The_Sopranos\/Meadowlands\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EIn Episode 4,\u003C\/a\u003E the character \u003Cstrong\u003EUncle Junior\u003C\/strong\u003E (played by \u003Cstrong\u003EDominic Chianese\u003C\/strong\u003E) tells what he views as a funny joke: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“You hear about the Chinese Godfather? He made them an offer they couldn’t understand.” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf any members of a Chinese Tong are reading this, please don’t send me any offers. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI admit Junior’s quip did make me chuckle a little when I watched that episode. But I know it’s not funny at all and I promise never repeat it again. 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prayer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eric Partridge"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"February 26"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Harold Adamson"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Historical quotes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hugh Ashcraft"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Music quotations"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World War II"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The story behind “Comin’ in on a wing and a prayer”"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:4f344180-268f-4ce0-b624-9d56b18c4536\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"The crew of \" href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S4d357253XI\/AAAAAAAAH-E\/dtQYti_juYw\/The%20crew%20of%20the%20Southern%20Comfort%20in%201942-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\" bomber?=\"bomber?\" their=\"their\" of=\"of\" front=\"front\" in=\"in\" 1942,=\"1942,\" comfort?=\"Comfort?\" southern=\"southern\" the=\"the\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S4d37GoA1HI\/AAAAAAAAH-M\/yN_FDyLdb-c\/The%20crew%20of%20the%20Southern%20Comfort%20in%201942%5B16%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"360\" height=\"301\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe idiomatic expression\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.phrases.org.uk\/meanings\/on-a-wing-and-a-prayer.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“on a wing and a prayer”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Eis a now widely used to describe doing something under extremely difficult or disadvantageous circumstances and hoping that sheer luck, determination and\/or God will allow its success. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EDuring World War II, when the phrase first became part of the English language, it had a literal application. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt referred to Allied airmen flying back to their base in damaged planes, hoping and praying that they’d make it. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn his \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0880292970?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0880292970\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDictionary of Catch Phrases\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=0880292970\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E(first published in 1977), the great language maven \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2lULlso\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEric Partridge\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E speculated that\u003Cem\u003E “a wing and a prayer”\u003C\/em\u003E was originally associated with the British Royal Air Force. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe thought it might have been used by RAF pilots as early as 1940. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThat’s possible. But there are no newspapers or other sources I could find online that used the phrase prior to 1943, which is when it was made famous by an American song inspired by news stories about an American bomber crew. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOn \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EFebruary 26, 1943\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aviation-history.com\/boeing\/b17.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EB-17 “Flying Fortress”\u003C\/a\u003E bomber piloted by \u003Cstrong\u003EHugh G. Ashcraft, Jr.\u003C\/strong\u003E of Charlotte, North Carolina was limping back from a bombing mission in Germany to an American base in England. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe plane, dubbed \u003Cem\u003EThe Southern Comfort\u003C\/em\u003E by its crew, had been riddled by flak and was damaged severely,\u003Cem\u003E “with a hole four feet square in the rudder, the nose shattered and the Number 3 engine spewing oil and flames.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAs they approached the shores of Britain, Ashcraft \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=RWhIAQAAQBAJ\u0026amp;pg=PA97\u0026amp;lpg=PA97\u0026amp;dq=ashcraft+%22Those+who+want+to,+please+pray.%22\u0026amp;source=bl\u0026amp;ots=7GP2fm6gxJ\u0026amp;sig=xi6NyiTWwo-t1MzmM9U5Adi3Lz0\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjkioa7wa7SAhWDRyYKHSRxAsEQ6AEIODAG#v=onepage\u0026amp;q=ashcraft%20%22Those%20who%20want%20to%2C%20please%20pray.%22\u0026amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etold his men over the radio\u003C\/a\u003E: \u003Cem\u003E“Those who want to, please pray.” \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMiraculously, Ashcraft got the \u003Cem\u003EThe Southern Comfort\u003C\/em\u003E to its home base and landed it safely, generating news in his home state of North Carolina and elsewhere about the pilot and crew that “prayed” their plane back. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe incident made Ashcraft a local celebrity. After the war, he became the first president of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harris_Teeter\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHarris Teeter \u003C\/strong\u003Echain\u003C\/a\u003E of supermarkets, which was first established in North Carolina and grew to have 243 stores in seven states.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe stories about Ashcraft’s cool-headed bravery and his suggestion to pray inspired the songwriting team \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harold_Adamson\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHarold Adamson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_McHugh\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJimmy McHugh\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E to write a new patriotic song. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe catchy phrase that popped into the mind of Adamson, the lyricist, was\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Cem\u003E“Comin’ in on a Wing and a Prayer.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe used it as the title of the song and in the chorus, which goes: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E       \u003Cp\u003E         \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:a9266c8f-52aa-4adb-943b-2451c96164db\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Songwriters Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson\" href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S4d38DrKzDI\/AAAAAAAAH-U\/0CcWoYybbmk\/Jimmy%20McHugh%20%26%20Harold%20Adamson-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S4d38zoOi8I\/AAAAAAAAH-c\/gv6sXqEj3s4\/Jimmy%20McHugh%20%26%20Harold%20Adamson%5B7%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"266\" height=\"353\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E       \u003C\/p\u003E     \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Comin’ in on a wing and a prayer.            \u003Cbr \/\u003E Comin’ in on a wing and a prayer.             \u003Cbr \/\u003E Though there’s one motor gone, we can still carry on,             \u003Cbr \/\u003E Comin’ in on a wing and a prayer.” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe first popular version of the song, recorded by \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.authentichistory.com\/1939-1945\/3-music\/06-Services\/19420200_Comin_In_On_A_Wing_And_A_Prayer-Song_Spinners.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Song Spinners\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=B002OQNUB4\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, was released in June 1943. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ETheir version quickly became a hit. Soon, the song was being recorded and performed live by a long list of other singers, groups and bands, making it one of the biggest hits of the year.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOne of the hippest versions recorded in 1943 was by a black vocal group from Missouri called \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Four_Vagabonds\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Four Vagabonds\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E (If you haven’t heard it, get hip by \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WYtHNep4qHA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eclicking this link to listen to it\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI also personally love the far more recent cover of the song by \u003Cstrong\u003ERy Cooder\u003C\/strong\u003E, on his 1972 album \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00HPAH3TE\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=B00HPAH3TE\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;tag=quotecounterquote-20\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBoomer's Story\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=B00123LI0U\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf you’re a World War II history buff, you may know that the song also inspired the title of the 1944 movie \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wing_and_a_Prayer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWing and a Prayer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E (a.k.a. \u003Cem\u003EA Wing and a Prayer: The Story of Carrier X\u003C\/em\u003E). \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThat classic film, starring \u003Cstrong\u003EDana Andrews\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EDon Ameche\u003C\/strong\u003E, is about American aircraft crews. However, it’s set in 1942 in the Pacific theater and is not about \u003Cem\u003EThe Southern Comfort\u003C\/em\u003E or B-17s. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf you’re highly-knowledgeable about aviation history, like my late friend writer \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2lKkGN9\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert F. Dorr\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E you may know the aircraft primarily featured in the film are Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EYou’d have to be a serious expert on planes, like Bob, or a student of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=anachronisms+in+movies\u0026amp;ie=utf-8\u0026amp;oe=utf-8\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eanachronisms in movies\u003C\/a\u003E, to know those planes weren’t actually used on U.S. Navy carriers until 1943. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAnyway, the fame of Adamson and McHugh’s hit song of 1943, which lent its title to a popular film the following year, firmly embedded \u003Cem\u003E“a wing and a prayer”\u003C\/em\u003E in our language. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt’s a phrase that’s still familiar to most people, even if they’ve never heard the song or the story behind it.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E*\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EComments? 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padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Plaque dedicated to poet Joyce Kilmer in North Carolina\u0026#39;s Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, a 17,000 acre tract of forest preserved in Kilmer\u0026#39;s memory in 1936.\" href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TUmmOAITHyI\/AAAAAAAAQGI\/c3yOuqkJCAg\/Joyce%20Kilmer%20plaque-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TUmmPye2qGI\/AAAAAAAAQGQ\/-5oip9JUI3Y\/Joyce%20Kilmer%20plaque%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"360\" height=\"344\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOn a chilly winter afternoon in 1913, at his home in New Jersey, poet \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joyce_Kilmer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EJoyce Kilmer\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E jotted down the first two lines of a new poem in his notebook, along with the date — \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EFebruary 2, 1913\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThose two lines went on to become among the most famous, most inspiring and most mocked bits of American verse in history:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; “I think that I shall never see        \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; A poem lovely as a tree.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe rest of Kilmer’s well-known poem \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/risingdove.com\/kilmer\/Trees.image.asp\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Trees”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E was written on a following page of the notebook. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt was first published in the August 1913 issue \u003Cem\u003EPoetry Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E. In 1914, it was included and featured in his second book of poetry, \u003Cem\u003ETrees and Other Poems\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EKilmer was already a successful poet, journalist and lecturer in 1914. But it was “Trees” that gave him broad and lasting fame. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:6f054b89-1567-454f-9382-9455bdc8d073\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Kilmer in uniform, the year before he was killed in action in World War I\" href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TUmmQ08avbI\/AAAAAAAAQGY\/ov1covKUJ1k\/Joyce%20Kilmer%20in%20uniform-8x6.gif?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TUmmRu4SA8I\/AAAAAAAAQGg\/XXhu6K1DpC8\/Joyce%20Kilmer%20in%20uniform%5B10%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"251\" height=\"394\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EUnfortunately, he didn’t live to see just how famous and impactful the poem would become. \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWhen America entered World War I in 1917, Kilmer enlisted. On July 20, 1918, he was killed at age 31 by a German sniper during the Second Battle of the Marne on the Western Front. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn the decades since Kilmer’s death, “Trees” has been reprinted in countless collections of poetry. It became one of the standard poems taught to and recited by American school children. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn 1922, composer \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en\u0026amp;rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS242\u0026amp;q=Oscar%20Rasbach%20trees\u0026amp;um=1\u0026amp;ie=UTF-8\u0026amp;tbo=u\u0026amp;tbs=vid:1\u0026amp;source=og\u0026amp;sa=N\u0026amp;tab=wv\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOscar Rasbach turned it into a song\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E that has been recorded by many popular singers and musicians, including Nelson Eddy, Robert Merrill, Paul Robeson, Mario Lanza and Julian Lloyd Webber.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMore importantly, the poem helped inspire tree planting programs and forest preservation efforts in the U.S. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt has long been one of the primary pieces of literature that the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arborday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EArbor Day Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E uses to promote \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arbor_Day\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ENational Arbor Day\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, which is celebrated each year on the last Friday in April. (Many states observe Arbor Day on different dates depending on best tree planting times in their area.)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EEach year on Arbor Day, the Foundation honors people who make notable efforts to plant and protect trees by giving them a \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.arborday.org\/programs\/awards\/oldAwards.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Joyce Kilmer Award.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EKilmer was a devout Catholic and his spiritual nature is reflected in the last two lines of “Trees,” which are nearly as famous as the first two lines:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; “Poems are made by fools like me,        \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; But only God can make a tree.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:cb154042-0125-4cc1-8388-b8f2e019e05b\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TUmmSr1VVHI\/AAAAAAAAQGo\/cGYhXxaBqyk\/Joyce%20Kilmer%27s%20poem%20Trees-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TUmrvRNQviI\/AAAAAAAAQG8\/FqGsI9TlsxM\/Joyce%20Kilmer%27s%20poem%20Trees%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"260\" height=\"310\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EScholars have noted that Kilmer may have unconsciously or knowingly plagiarized those final lines. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn 1908 and 1909, before becoming an established poet, Kilmer was a school teacher. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt’s likely that he had read or heard about a popular book about children published in 1907, \u003Cem\u003ELabour and Childhood\u003C\/em\u003E, written by the pioneering British children’s health advocate \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_McMillan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret McMillan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMcMillan encouraged outdoor activities for children. In her 1907 book, using the current British term for indoor school equipment, \u003Cem\u003Eapparatus\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbm=bks\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;q=%22margaret+mcmillan%22+%22only+god+can+make+a+tree%22+1907\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eshe wrote\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E:\u003Cem\u003E “Apparatus can be made by fools, but only God can make a tree.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOf course, many critics have also lambasted “Trees” and Kilmer’s other poems for being simplistic, stylistically outdated, syrupy, sentimental and (punningly) sappy.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESince 1986, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/philo\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Philolexian Society\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E of Columbia University, a college literary society of which Kilmer was once vice president, has held an annual “Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest.” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EYet it’s hard to deny that the simple, but poignant and memorable, lines in Kilmer’s poem “Trees” have inspired millions of people to adopt a more reverent attitude toward trees and nature and helped encourage the planting and protection of millions of trees. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThat’s not a bad legacy.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESo, to Kilmer’s critics I say: \u003Cem\u003EWhat have YOU ever written that will be remembered, inspire millions of people and benefit the environment decades later?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESome links worth exploring:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E• The complete text of Kilmer’s book \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.fullbooks.com\/Trees-and-Other-Poems-by-Joyce-Kilmer.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ETrees and Other Poems\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E• \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.risingdove.com\/Kilmer\/Trees.asp\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ERisingDove.com\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, the website about Joyce Kilmer and his family, maintained by his granddaughter.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E• The book \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1933858117?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=1933858117\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EA Cave of Candles: The Story Behind Notre Dame's Grotto\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=1933858117\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/\u003E by Dorothy V. Corson. In her research for the book, Corson tracked down the date when “Trees” was written and other interesting background facts about the poem by talking to Kilmer’s oldest son Kenton. (That \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~wcawley\/corson\/cors023.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eexcerpt is online here\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.) \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E• The \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kilmerhouse.com\/2007\/11\/joyce-kilmer\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EKilmer House\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E website \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E• The \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=trees+joyce+kilmer\u0026amp;aq=f\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Emore than 100 videos on YouTube\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E inspired by Kilmer’s poem “Trees” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E• Web page about the \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joyce_Kilmer_Memorial_Forest\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJoyce Kilmer Memorial Forest\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E in North Carolina, a 17,000 acre tract of forest land preserved in Kilmer's memory in 1936.        \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E*\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EComments? 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padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"President Calvin Coolidge (nicknamed \" href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-DxJJrGdiDRM\/TxXwHX5jm4I\/AAAAAAAAU-w\/H_ioHrBePPo\/Calvin%252520Coolidge-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\" cal?)?=\"Cal?)?\" silent=\"silent\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/--Ohk5m0HhGc\/TxXwH6EdRxI\/AAAAAAAAU-4\/EW2nAFVqLaY\/Calvin%252520Coolidge%25255B11%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"283\" height=\"353\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWhen \u003Cstrong\u003EPresident Warren G. Harding\u003C\/strong\u003E died from a heart-related problem in 1923, Vice President \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calvin_Coolidge\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECalvin Coolidge\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E became the 30th President of the United States. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe following year, with his popularity buoyed by a strong economy of the “Roaring Twenties”, Coolidge handily won \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_election,_1924\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ethe 1924 presidential election\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, using the campaign slogan “Keep Cool With Coolidge.” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EUnlike some presidents, “Silent Cal” Coolidge wasn’t known for making memorable statements. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe most famous quote associated with him is a line about business being the business of America. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThat line is \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en\u0026amp;rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS242\u0026amp;=\u0026amp;q=Coolidge%20%E2%80%9CThe%20business%20of%20America%20is%20business%E2%80%9D%20OR%20%E2%80%9CThe%20business%20of%20the%20American%20people%20is%20business.%E2%80%9D\u0026amp;gs_sm=e\u0026amp;gs_upl=167l9132l0l9601l15l14l1l2l0l4l253l1887l0.8.3l11l0\u0026amp;um=1\u0026amp;ie=UTF-8\u0026amp;tbo=u\u0026amp;tbm=bks\u0026amp;source=og\u0026amp;sa=N\u0026amp;tab=wp\u0026amp;ei=16EVT-nvH8bptgfM76DyAQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eoften given as\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E“The business of America is business”\u003C\/strong\u003E or \u003Cstrong\u003E“The business of the American people is business.”\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn fact, both of those versions are misquotes. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThey aren’t radically different from what he actually said, which was \u003Cstrong\u003E“the chief business of the American people is business.”\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHowever, when this short quote or the misquote versions are cited alone, out of context, they tend to give the inaccurate impression that Coolidge was a totally one-dimensional, pro-business cheerleader. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EPresident Coolidge made his famous remark in an \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.coolidgefoundation.org\/resources\/speeches-as-president-1923-1929-16\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eaddress to the Society of American Newspaper Editors\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E on \u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJanuary 17, 1925\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E in Washington, D.C. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:2d708a3b-da16-4e49-ac6e-0542ed0a2361\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Coolidge won the 1924 presidential election using the campaign slogan \" href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-pO4gMCAJC0I\/TxXwIgDBfQI\/AAAAAAAAU_A\/m1Ql96N-040\/Calvin%252520Coolidge%252520campaign%252520sign-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\" coolidge.??=\"Coolidge.??\" with=\"with\" cool=\"cool\" keep=\"keep\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-feWmaKT46vg\/TxXwKLHCK8I\/AAAAAAAAU_I\/zAIKGss0QAU\/Calvin%252520Coolidge%252520campaign%252520sign%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"460\" height=\"302\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe speech he gave that day was titled “The Press Under a Free Government.” It focused on the role of the press in free market democracies, like America. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ECoolidge noted that the press was far more likely to publish propaganda in autocratic or Socialist countries. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe acknowledged concerns about whether business considerations could affect editorial positions and news reporting in a society like the US. But he pointed out the flip side, saying:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“There does not seem to be cause for alarm in the dual relationship of the press to the public, whereby it is on one side a purveyor of information and opinion and on the other side a purely business enterprise. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERather, it is probable that a press which maintains an intimate touch with the business currents of the nation, is likely to be more reliable than it would be if it were a stranger to these influences.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThen Coolidge added his famous quote: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. I am strongly of the opinion that the great majority of people will always find these the moving impulses of our life.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt’s hard to dispute the notion that most Americans are concerned about the economy and personal prosperity. And, Coolidge made it clear that he didn't simply mean “greed is good.” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence,”\u003C\/em\u003E he said.\u003Cem\u003E “But we are compelled to recognize it as a means to well-nigh every desirable achievement. So long as wealth is made the means and not the end, we need not greatly fear it...But it calls for additional effort to avoid even the appearance of the evil of selfishness. In every worthy profession, of course, there will always be a minority who will appeal to the baser instinct. 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float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-kxxzNZ5R24k\/YACW5e0pZ9I\/AAAAAAABM1Q\/7iVgLHOLHOQKJTi4QbxE_zhq2xCB6XdfwCPcBGAsYHg\/s529\/Victor%2Bde%2BLaveleye.jpg\" width=\"255\" align=\"left\" height=\"260\" \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E       \u003Cbr \/\u003EAlmost everyone is familiar with the phrase \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V_sign\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“V for Victory”\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/strong\u003Eand the two-fingered V-for-victory hand gesture popularized by \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/winstonchurchill.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWinston Churchill\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E during World War II. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut few people today are aware of their origin. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe use of “V” as a symbolic message of defiant resistance to tyranny was first proposed by \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victor_de_Laveleye\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVictor de Laveleye\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, a member of the Belgian Parliament who went into exile in England after the Nazis invaded Belgium in 1940. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EDe Laveleye worked for the BBC during the war, broadcasting regular shortwave radio announcements to his countrymen in Belgium. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn his broadcast on\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E January 14, 1941\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, de Laveleye proposed what became the “V campaign.”\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“I am proposing to you as a rallying emblem the letter V,” \u003C\/em\u003Ehe said, \u003Cem\u003E“because V is the first letter of the words ‘Victoire’ in French, and ‘Vrijheid’ in Flemish [the two major languages of people in Belgium]...the Victory which will give us back our freedom, the Victory of our good friends the English. Their word for Victory also begins with V. As you see, things fit all round.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; float: right; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vxSsT884oYs\/YACW5Z0gpBI\/AAAAAAABM1Q\/5ERoklYuswMLljKZEWIWgTOy7CUJRfwKgCPcBGAsYHg\/s735\/Winston%2BChurchill%2Bgiveing%2Bthe%2BV%2Bsign.jpg\" width=\"203\" align=\"right\" height=\"287\" \/\u003EShortly after de Laveleye’s broadcast, Belgians began surreptitiously chalking and painting V’s on the walls of buildings in Belgium. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESoon, the V symbol began appearing as defiant graffiti in other Nazi-occupied countries.\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn a radio speech on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJuly 19, 1941\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, British Prime Minister Churchill announced an effort to actively promote the V campaign throughout Europe. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“The V sign is the symbol of the unconquerable will of the occupied territories and a portent of the fate awaiting Nazi tyranny,” \u003C\/em\u003EChurchill said.\u003Cem\u003E “So long as the peoples continue to refuse all collaboration with the invader it is sure that his cause will perish and that Europe will be liberated.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe V campaign was heavily publicized by the BBC and soon became highly popular throughout Europe. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAs the hand gesture and “V” graffiti spread in German-occupied countries, it \u003C\/font\u003Eannoyed the Nazis enough for them to try to undercut its symbolic value.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ENazi propaganda started claiming that V stood for the German word \u003Cem\u003Eviktoria\u003C\/em\u003E and that the use of V’s by civilians was a sign of their support for victory by Germany.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut, as most people knew, that was just another example of a \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Lie\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“big lie”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E by the Nazis.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E*\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EComments? 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padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrCj7tLyI\/AAAAAAAAG4E\/7Q4FhKk9wck\/Julius%20Casear%20crossing%20the%20Rubicon-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrDB6GXrI\/AAAAAAAAG4M\/ncixm7rEXOY\/Julius%20Casear%20crossing%20the%20Rubicon%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"159\" height=\"190\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E           \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E           \u003Cbr \/\u003E            \u003Cbr \/\u003E“The die is cast” was\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.eyewitnesstohistory.com\/caesar.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJulius Caesar’s\u003C\/strong\u003E famous remark\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJanuary 10, 49 B.C.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E as he led his troops across the Rubicon River to start a civil war for control of the Roman Empire. This event also led to the idiom “to cross the Rubicon.” Both phrases are now commonly used as way of saying “pass the point of no return.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"4\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"4\"\u003E3.\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E“Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.”                 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E              \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:48376045-f86e-45aa-af96-ad6d958a3aa0\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrD_jtF9I\/AAAAAAAAG4U\/j8yQUq-qRHE\/Arsenic%20and%20Old%20Lace%20poster-8x6%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrEoF0-dI\/AAAAAAAAG4g\/Z8h5OXQ9us0\/Arsenic%20and%20Old%20Lace%20poster%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"139\" height=\"190\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E           \u003Cbr \/\u003E            \u003Cbr \/\u003EFamous line spoken by the character Mortimer in the play \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ibdb.com\/production.php?id=1056\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArsenic and Old Lace\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E which premiered on Broadway on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJanuary 10, 1941\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. (Cary Grant played Mortimer in the in the 1944 movie version.)\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"4\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"4\"\u003E4.\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E“Doom and gloom, gloom and doom.”                 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E              \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:07114120-e7fa-472e-ac16-5b328b3d3f3b\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrFJAEpMI\/AAAAAAAAG4o\/-NxzMgKTFdE\/Finian%27s%20Rainbow%20poster-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrFnvD0NI\/AAAAAAAAG4w\/MHTJcRnj3vc\/Finian%27s%20Rainbow%20poster%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"140\" height=\"190\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E           \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E           \u003Cbr \/\u003E            \u003Cbr \/\u003ELine said repeatedly by the Og the pessimistic leprechaun in the musical \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ibdb.com\/production.php?id=1507\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFinian’s Rainbow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, which opened on Broadway on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJanuary 10, 1947\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. Though the words “doom and gloom” may have been used together previously, it was their use in this hit play that popularized them as a modern phrase.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"4\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"4\"\u003E5.\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E“45 RPM”                 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E              \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:f3bb6662-0a60-405b-95ba-399c92272ba5\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrGJ5i-SI\/AAAAAAAAG44\/Jtol_GZOAu0\/Early%20RCA%2045%20RPM%20record-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrHA8IbaI\/AAAAAAAAG5A\/gQDdr5Fbe1U\/Early%20RCA%2045%20RPM%20record%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"189\" height=\"190\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E           \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E           \u003Cbr \/\u003E            \u003Cbr \/\u003EThe term for the record format \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/stuffem.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/10\/the-45-rpm-record-is-59\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eintroduced by RCA\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJanuary 10, 1949\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. This soon became the standard format used for vinyl “singles” for several decades. (RPM stands for “revolutions per minute.”)             \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"4\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E6.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E“Well since my baby left me,\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; I found a new place to dwell.               \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; It’s down at the end of lonely street               \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; At Heartbreak Hotel.”               \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"4\"\u003E             \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:c80cebcd-d794-4fcc-971e-eb8660dba223\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrHo1DS6I\/AAAAAAAAG5I\/HCkWbZKWb-o\/Elvis%20Presley%20-%20Hound%20Dog%20single-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrIOaW3EI\/AAAAAAAAG5Q\/x5KZpKzbK5M\/Elvis%20Presley%20-%20Hound%20Dog%20single%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E           \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E           \u003Cbr \/\u003E            \u003Cbr \/\u003ELyrics from the song \u003Cstrong\u003E“Heartbreak Hotel,” \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thisdayinmusic.com\/liner-notes\/heartbreak-hotel\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Erecorded by\u003Cstrong\u003E Elvis Presley\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJanuary 10, 1956\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, in his first great recording session for RCA. It became his first No. 1 single and his first million selling record (a 45 RPM).\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"4\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E7.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"4\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E“That Was the Week That Was.”                  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E                \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:503fb4a6-3c55-4089-b228-f3ee00ea3475\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrIqnXuFI\/AAAAAAAAG5Y\/_c-msroTCoY\/That%20Was%20the%20Week%20That%20Was-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrJLLiLsI\/AAAAAAAAG5g\/KXJpZp3YH_I\/That%20Was%20the%20Week%20That%20Was%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"215\" height=\"156\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E             \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E           \u003Cbr \/\u003E            \u003Cbr \/\u003ETitle of the satirical Sixties TV show\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E that \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/interviews.televisionacademy.com\/shows\/that-was-the-week-that-was\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efirst aired in America\u003C\/a\u003E on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJanuary 10, 1964\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E and popularized the idiom “that was the \u003Cem\u003E[week\/month\/year\/etc.]\u003C\/em\u003E that was” in the U.S. The show was based on the earlier BBC version that began airing in the UK in 1962.             \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"4\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E8.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E“Uh, Breaker One-Nine, this here’s the Rubber Duck...              \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy.”               \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E          \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:d56c4a35-bacd-4911-b11d-1fb02f5aca70\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrJdG1--I\/AAAAAAAAG5o\/usp5ouQnsLQ\/C.W.%20McCall%20convoy-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrJ5ocKFI\/AAAAAAAAG5w\/r-vJfeRLEQo\/C.W.%20McCall%20convoy%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E         \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E           \u003Cbr \/\u003E            \u003Cbr \/\u003ESpoken words from the single record \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Convoy,” \u003C\/strong\u003Eby \u003Cstrong\u003EC.W. McCall\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, which \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/slicethelife.com\/2020\/11\/21\/billboard-1-hits-385-convoy-c-w-mccall-january-10-1976\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart\u003C\/a\u003E on\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E January 10, 1976\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. The recording helped popularize a number of CB (\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Citizens’ Band”\u003C\/font\u003E) radio slang phrases, including “breaker 1-9,” the CB slang phrase that a truck driver used used to tell other CB users he was ready to start talking.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"4\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E9. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E“Excedrin headache”                \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E          \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:239daa6d-8e8b-405c-914f-5b8dc9c82098\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrKHdyfuI\/AAAAAAAAG54\/aKdIgZ7_RIU\/Excedrin%20headache-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrKUCxOOI\/AAAAAAAAG6A\/Vkg2ZfIhYY0\/Excedrin%20headache%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"190\" height=\"155\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E         \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E           \u003Cbr \/\u003E            \u003Cbr \/\u003EPhrase created for Excedrin ads and registered as a trademark by Bristol-Myers Company on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJanuary 10, 1978\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. In the ads, various headaches caused by different things were given numbers, such as “\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3mxaeSvWZSg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EExcedrin headache number 24\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"4\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E10.\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E“We’ll leave the light on for you.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E              \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E          \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:01949deb-b2a7-4ebe-aad6-12a3ac616a2e\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrKz5eWTI\/AAAAAAAAG6I\/8H-4bZYLJS8\/Motel%206-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S0lrLfWf34I\/AAAAAAAAG6Q\/0h6BaS9NO_Y\/Motel%206%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"169\" height=\"190\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E         \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E           \u003Cbr \/\u003E            \u003Cbr \/\u003EAdvertising slogan for Motel 6, originally ad-libbed by spokesman \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Bodett\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETom Bodett\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E in his first recording session for the company in 1986. 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Sheen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"December 14"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Harry Emerson Fosdick"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"John Buchan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Philosophy quotes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Religion"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"“An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.”"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:46a45995-1b37-4bc8-91f7-f1757105befb\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Bishop Sheen (1895-1979)\" href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-DoP9vo9o98k\/Tuksbl4o8wI\/AAAAAAAAUtY\/GgplV99mFqg\/Bishop%252520Sheen%252520%2525281895-1979%252529-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-ecLShx1PqXg\/TukscQJxBPI\/AAAAAAAAUtg\/2HBYxJVS2oU\/Bishop%252520Sheen%252520%2525281895-1979%252529%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"260\" height=\"287\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E         \u003Cbr \/\u003EThere’s a famous quotation about atheists associated with the date December 14 that is \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=50\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;safe=off\u0026amp;rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS242\u0026amp;biw=1536\u0026amp;bih=711\u0026amp;q=Sheen+%22An+atheist+is+a+man+who+has+no+invisible+means+of+support%22\u0026amp;btnG=Search\u0026amp;oq=Sheen+%22An+atheist+is+a+man+who+has+no+invisible+means+of+support%22\u0026amp;aq=f\u0026amp;aqi=\u0026amp;aql=\u0026amp;gs_sm=s\u0026amp;gs_upl=22518l22518l0l24672l1l1l0l0l0l0l249l249l2-1l1l0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ewidely attributed\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E to \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bishop_Sheen\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBishop Fulton J. Sheen\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E       \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; “An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.”\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/b\u003E                           \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=50\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;safe=off\u0026amp;rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS242\u0026amp;q=Sheen+%22An+atheist+is+a+man%22+Look+1955+Dec+OR+December\u0026amp;oq=Sheen+%22An+atheist+is+a+man%22+Look+1955+Dec+OR+December\u0026amp;aq=f\u0026amp;aqi=\u0026amp;aql=\u0026amp;gs_sm=e\u0026amp;gs_upl=58590l59294l0l59579l5l3l0l0l0l1l254l647l0.2.1l3l0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esource that’s usually cited\u003C\/a\u003E for this quote is the \u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003EDecember 14, 1955\u003C\/span\u003E issue of \u003Ci\u003ELOOK \u003C\/i\u003Emagazine. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E                               \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESheen did use this line in an article in \u003Ci\u003ELOOK\u003C\/i\u003E magazine and it’s one of his best known quotes. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E                                       \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E However, despite what many quotation reference books and websites say, that article was \u003Ci\u003Enot\u003C\/i\u003E in the December 14, 1955 issue of \u003Ci\u003ELOOK\u003C\/i\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E                                           \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThere \u003Ci\u003Ewas no\u003C\/i\u003E December 14, 1955 issue of \u003Ci\u003ELOOK\u003C\/i\u003E. \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe \u003Ci\u003ELOOK\u003C\/i\u003E magazine published in mid-December of 1955 was dated December 13, 1955. And, Sheen wasn’t featured in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2neat.com\/magazines\/index.php?main_page=product_info\u0026amp;cPath=1_21\u0026amp;products_id=1017\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethat issue\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; 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, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHe \u003Ci\u003Ewas\u003C\/i\u003E featured on the cover of the \u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: maroon;\"\u003EDecember 14, 1954\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E issue of \u003Ci\u003ELOOK\u003C\/i\u003E and in an article inside that issue titled “Religion’s Best Sellers.” \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E                                                                 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo, December 14, 1954 is the correct date for Sheen’s use of “\u003Ci\u003EAn atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support”\u003C\/i\u003E in \u003Ci\u003ELOOK.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/i\u003E                                                                        \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIt should also be noted that, contrary to what some people think, Sheen didn’t coin that famed saying.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E                                                                         \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=yBkNAAAAIAAJ\u0026amp;q=%22An+atheist%2C+says+John+Buchan%22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EIn the book\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ci\u003EOn Being a Real Person\u003C\/i\u003E, published in 1943, American clergyman \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Emerson_Fosdick\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHarry Emerson Fosdick\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E wrote: \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u0026#160; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E                                                                                 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; “An atheist, says John Buchan, is ‘a man who has no invisible means of support.’”\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026#160; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E                                                                                                     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThat’s apparently why \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?source=ig\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS242\u0026amp;=\u0026amp;q=Buchan+atheist+%22a+man+who+has+no+invisible+means+of+support%22\u0026amp;oq=Buchan+atheist+%22a+man+who+has+no+invisible+means+of+support%22\u0026amp;aq=f\u0026amp;aqi=\u0026amp;aql=\u0026amp;gs_sm=e\u0026amp;gs_upl=85l13611l0l13846l36l27l0l1l0l9l232l4509l0.13.12l25l0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emany books and websites\u003C\/a\u003E credit the line to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.online-literature.com\/john-buchan\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJohn Buchan\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the Scottish historian, Governor General of Canada and author of the book \u003Ci\u003EThe Thirty-Nine Steps\u003C\/i\u003E (1915). \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E                                                                                                                                 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHowever, Buchan didn’t coin the line either. \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHis use, in a speech recorded \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=tNcuAAAAIAAJ\u0026amp;q=%22I+have+heard+an+atheist+defined+as+a+man+who+has+no+invisible+means+of+support%22\u0026amp;dq=%22I+have+heard+an+atheist+defined+as+a+man+who+has+no+invisible+means+of+support%22\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;ei=qhbpTuHqEIeXtwfg1oG9Cg\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;oi=book_result\u0026amp;ct=result\u0026amp;resnum=1\u0026amp;ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ein a law journal in 1935\u003C\/a\u003E, was a reference to something he’d heard. \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EBuchan said:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E                                                                                                                                             \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u0026#160;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Ci\u003E“I have heard an atheist defined as a man who has no invisible means of support.”\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E                                                                                                                                                                    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWho created the definition that Buchan heard? Sorry, I don’t know. 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, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E                                                                                                                                                                         \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EI do know that, in his wickedly funny \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3qVZvIX\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDevil’s Dictionary\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (1911), the great American writer, curmudgeon and atheist \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/donswaim.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAmbrose Bierce\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;l=ur2\u0026amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E defined the word \u003Ci\u003Eprejudice\u003C\/i\u003E as:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; 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, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/i\u003E \u003C\/b\u003E                                                                                                                                                                                          \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOf course, from an atheist’s perspective “an opinion without visible means of support” might also seem like a reasonably good definition of religion.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;verdana\u0026quot; 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padding: 0px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Pres. Richard Nixon speaking to the press on November 17, 1973\" href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/SwI0GuRCWTI\/AAAAAAAAE5M\/ZMAhsKLCfD0\/Richard%20Nixon%20-%20I%20am%20not%20a%20crook-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/SwI0HfVV3SI\/AAAAAAAAE5U\/elNtIQ9Tylo\/Richard%20Nixon%20-%20I%20am%20not%20a%20crook%5B13%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"335\" height=\"337\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn retrospect, it’s ironic that one of the slogans used by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERichard M. Nixon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E during his first presidential campaign in 1968 was: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“The ‘I’ in Nixon stands for integrity.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EToday, the more remembered “slogan” is the one used against Nixon during the 1972 presidential election, a quip attributed to comedian \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mortsahl.tripod.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMort Sahl\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;l=ur2\u0026amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“Would you buy a used car from this man?”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOf course, Nixon managed to beat Democrat George McGovern \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_election,_1972\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ein the November 1972 election\u003C\/a\u003E by a landslide. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut the pesky scandal that came to be called \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/special\/watergate\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Watergate,”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E which started with the bungled break-in at the Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. on June 17, 1972, got steadily worse after Nixon was reelected. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBy the summer of ‘73, a Congressional Committee and Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox were conducting official investigations to find out if Nixon was involved and determine whether he had tried to cover up his involvement.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ENaturally, Nixon denied it for as long as he could. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOn \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003ENovember 17, 1973\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, during \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ea televised press conference\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, Nixon tried to make it seem like he welcomed the Watergate investigations and uttered \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Richard+Nixon+%22I%27m+not+a+crook%22\u0026amp;num=40\u0026amp;biw=1536\u0026amp;bih=781\u0026amp;source=lnms\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=0CAYQ_AUoAGoVChMI5Z7e7uPJyAIVBSceCh25fQky\u0026amp;dpr=1.25\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eone of his most famous quotes\u003C\/a\u003E: \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“I am not a crook.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E (Sometimes given as “I’m not a crook.)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“I made my mistakes,” \u003C\/em\u003ENixon said, \u003Cem\u003E“but in all my years of public life, I have never profited, never profited from public service. I’ve earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President’s a crook. Well, I am not a crook.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMost observers found the welcoming part especially hard to believe. J\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eust a few weeks earlier, Nixon had fired Archibald Cox and abolished the Office of the Special Prosecutor, in the infamous \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Massacre\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Saturday Night Massacre.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut the Congressional Watergate investigation continued and the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/2010\/04\/origins-of-the-domino-theory.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edominoes kept falling\u003C\/a\u003E for Nixon. It became clear that covert operatives working for him had conducted the Watergate break-in and that he and his administration had tried to cover it up. 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Ford’s brief acceptance speech that day included \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/2011\/08\/our-long-national-nightmare-is-over.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eanother famous political quotation\u003C\/a\u003E: \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E*\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EComments? 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padding: 0px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Allen Ginsberg c. 1955\" href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-ejq9MQEVb18\/To9oCORXmfI\/AAAAAAAAT5c\/x_yChOEgc20\/Allen%252520Ginsberg%252520%2525281926-1997%252529%252520around%2525201955-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-OMh4Q7V2hXw\/To9oCrAtyYI\/AAAAAAAAT5g\/hKrlaTgo8Nw\/Allen%252520Ginsberg%252520%2525281926-1997%252529%252520around%2525201955%25255B8%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"428\" height=\"565\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E   \u003Cbr \/\u003EThree years after \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.jackkerouac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EJack Kerouac\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E coined the term \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/2009\/09\/burn-burn-burn-like-fabulous-yellow.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“The Beat Generation”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E a group of Beat poets gathered at the Six Gallery on Fillmore Street in San Francisco for a poetry reading. \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe date was \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EOctober 7, 1955\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E and Kerouac was there. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESo were local Beat celebrities \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/gary-snyder\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EGary Snyder\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/philip-lamantia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EPhil Lamantia\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/michael-mcclure.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMichael McClure\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E and a then virtually unknown poet named \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allenginsberg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAllen Ginsberg\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn his novel, \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0143039601\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=217145\u0026amp;creative=399369\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0143039601\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Dharma Bums\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E(published in 1958), Kerouac called it “the birth of the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance.” He then described this memorable scene: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Everyone was there. It was a mad night. And I was the one who got things jumping by going around collecting dimes and quarters from the rather stiff audience standing around in the gallery and coming back with three huge gallon jugs of California Burgundy and getting them all \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/piffed\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Epiffed\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E so that by eleven o'clock when Alvah Goldbook was reading his, wailing his poem ‘Wail’ drunk with arms outspread everybody was yelling ‘Go! Go! Go!’ (like a jam session).”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E   \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Alvah Goldbook” was Kerouac’s humorous alias for the Ginsberg and “Wail” was the fictitious name he gave to Ginsberg’s poem\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howl\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“Howl”\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E — which Ginsberg first read in public that October night. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Howl” was a stylistically wild, groundbreaking poem that quickly became both famous and infamous. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe beginning of the long run-on sentence that makes up the first part of the poem is \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=quotations+%22I+saw+the+best+minds+of+my+generation+destroyed+by+madness%22\u0026amp;num=40\u0026amp;source=lnms\u0026amp;tbm=bks\u0026amp;biw=1536\u0026amp;bih=734\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ethe most quoted\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E bit: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness,          \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; starving hysterical naked,           \u003Cbr \/\u003Edragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn           \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; looking for an angry fix,           \u003Cbr \/\u003Eangelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection           \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,           \u003Cbr \/\u003Ewho poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking           \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating           \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; across the tops of cities contemplating jazz...\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E   \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:18ef0495-906e-4ac4-90c7-0ea7e7a0d7f3\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-kBIqvEX9QDI\/To9oDBTYWhI\/AAAAAAAAT5k\/jcyjN_wfqJ0\/Howl%252520by%252520Allen%252520Ginsberg-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-a0EnjEP4IkA\/To95Vi4EClI\/AAAAAAAAT50\/WAXr1Ia-fco\/Howl%252520by%252520Allen%252520Ginsberg.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"352\" height=\"423\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Howl” was instantly revered by the Beat crowd and eventually gained worldwide fame. But it had a rocky start in printed form. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn the poem, Ginsberg writes graphically about heterosexual and homosexual sex and about the use of illegal drugs — forbidden subjects in the uptight society of the 1950s. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWhen “Howl” was printed by a British book publisher in 1955, copies were seized as “pornography” by Customs officials. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn 1956, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.citylights.com\/ferlinghetti\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ELawrence Ferlinghetti\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, owner of the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco and a popular beat poet in his own right, published “Howl” in the U.S., in a small collection of Ginsberg’s poems titled \u003Cem\u003EHowl and Other Poems\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ECopies of the book were soon seized by the San Francisco police and Ferlinghetti was arrested for publishing and selling an “obscene and indecent” book. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAt the trial, Ferlinghetti was represented by the \u003Cstrong\u003EAmerican Civil Liberties Union\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EDuring the course of the trial, \u003Cstrong\u003EJudge Clayton W. Horn\u003C\/strong\u003E listened to nine literary experts testify about the book’s literary merits. In October 1957, he issued \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thefire.org\/banned-books-week-exclusive-the-howl-obscenity-trial-opinion\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ea carefully thought out ruling\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E in favor of the defense. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHorn concluded that \u003Cem\u003EHowl and Other Poems \u003C\/em\u003Emet the current legal test of having redeeming social importance and was \u003Cem\u003Enot\u003C\/em\u003E “obscene.” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThus, Ferlinghetti was found not guilty — and “Howl” and Ginsberg moved on to wider and everlasting fame. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EHere are some of the other famous quotes and phrases linked to October 7:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E• Former Secretary of Agriculture \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/2009\/09\/earl-butz-three-things-loose-shoes.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EEarl Butz’s infamous comment about blacks\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E wanting \u003Cstrong\u003E“good sex, ‘loose shoes’ and ‘a warm place’ when they use the toilet”\u003C\/strong\u003E was published in the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EOctober 7, 1976\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E issue of \u003Cem\u003ERolling Stone\u003C\/em\u003E magazine. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E   \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E• \u003Cstrong\u003E“Here is America struck by God Almighty in one of its vital organs, so that its greatest buildings are destroyed. 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float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tJdRZDkdiaU\/X1-urlEdKpI\/AAAAAAABL5c\/54fnnU4FNe8Yi0C_uC18mDSGmu4LW1qYQCPcBGAsYHg\/s564\/Forrest%2BGump%2Bon%2Bbench.jpg\" width=\"300\" align=\"left\" height=\"242\" \/\u003E                          \u003Cbr \/\u003ETHE FAMOUS MOVIE QUOTE:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E              \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“My mama always said, life was like a box a chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”\u003C\/strong\u003E                     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forrest_Gump\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EForrest Gump\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (actor Tom Hanks)                     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R_M9WrTC_qM\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EIn the 1994 film\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E \u003Cem\u003EForrest Gump\u003C\/em\u003E                   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; These lines are \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS913US913\u0026amp;biw=2048\u0026amp;bih=962\u0026amp;sxsrf=ALeKk00OnY2kJHjpPFfDcMIwf9hB6crOYA%3A1600112504690\u0026amp;ei=eMdfX-PPKcLYsQWVzoa4Ag\u0026amp;q=%E2%80%9CLife+is+like+a+box+of+chocolates.+You+never+know+what+you%E2%80%99are+going+to+get.%E2%80%9D\u0026amp;oq=%E2%80%9CLife+is+like+a+box+of+chocolates.+You+never+know+what+you%E2%80%99are+going+to+get.%E2%80%9D\u0026amp;gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoRCAAQsAMQigMQtwMQ5QIQiwNQhfkDWLaDBGCJiwRoAnAAeACAAW-IAdoGkgEDNi4zmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesgBBLgBAsABAQ\u0026amp;sclient=psy-ab\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjj68TLs-nrAhVCbKwKHRWnAScQ4dUDCA0\u0026amp;uact=5\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eusually misquoted\u003C\/a\u003E as \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#160; \u003C\/em\u003EAnd, both versions are different than what Forrest says in \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003Ethe 1986 novel\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=quotecounterquote-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=0743453255\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/\u003E by Winston Groom that the film is based on. What Forrest says in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1AKpxjZ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethe opening line of the novel\u003C\/a\u003E is: \u003Cem\u003E“\u003Cstrong\u003ELet me say this: bein a idiot is no box of chocolates.”\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/em\u003EHe goes on to explain: “\u003Cem\u003EPeople laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they says folks sposed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you — it ain’t always that way. Even so, I got no complaints, cause I reckon I done live a pretty interestin life, so to speak.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E           \u003C\/td\u003E         \u003C\/tr\u003E          \u003Ctr\u003E           \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E             \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-n58BAneVPSQ\/X1-tzAnxdAI\/AAAAAAABL5A\/s1v0ZdnP5SIJuKMJiJkqIN-sg_M4DsrGACPcBGAsYHg\/s724\/Life%2Bis%2Blike%2Bchocolates%2B2020%2Bis%2Bnuts.jpg\" width=\"300\" align=\"left\" height=\"250\" \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003ETHE 2020 PANDEMIC\/POLITICAL CLUSTER$\u0026amp;*%\/WILDFIRES VERSION:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E              \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES...BUT 2020 IS NOTHING BUT NUTS.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; A sign on a 2020 Halloween installation in Medina, Ohio, which features a life-size doll version of Forrest Gump on a park bench. A photo of the installation was included in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/community\/2020\/09\/scaring-up-some-fall-fun-on-medinas-square.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ean article on the Cleveland.com website\u003C\/a\u003E posted in September 2020. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E           \u003C\/td\u003E         \u003C\/tr\u003E          \u003Ctr\u003E           \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E             \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4u4H2H4j43c\/X1-trTkEb3I\/AAAAAAABL44\/nSh2KcKZf-UMD0xLjTsz76XOsq1SbsnHACPcBGAsYHg\/s820\/Leonard%2BNimoy%2527s%2Blast%2Btweet.jpg\" width=\"409\" align=\"left\" height=\"226\" \/\u003E                          \u003Cbr \/\u003ELEONARD NIMOY’S POIGNANT LAST TWEET:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E              \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.memory-alpha.org\/wiki\/Leonard_Nimoy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeonard Nimoy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E                     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; American actor and author, especially known for his portrayal of the Vulcan character \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spock\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpock\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Cem\u003EStar Trek\u003C\/em\u003E TV series and movies                     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; Nimoy posted these moving words on \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therealnimoy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehis popular Twitter feed\u003C\/a\u003E the night of February 22, 2015. It was his last tweet. Early that morning he was rushed to the hospital. A few days later he died, at age 83, from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe letters “LLAP” at the end of the tweet were his shorthand initials for \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/2010\/09\/star-treks-live-long-and-prosper-became.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“Live long and prosper,”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E the popular catchphrase he used in many \u003Cem\u003EStar Trek\u003C\/em\u003E episodes and films. Nimoy first spoke the line in the “Amok Time” episode of the original Star Trek series, aired on September 15, 1967, as Episode 1 of Season 2. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E           \u003C\/td\u003E         \u003C\/tr\u003E          \u003Ctr\u003E           \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E             \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Iq1mZ5QxmKg\/X1-treHRc5I\/AAAAAAABL44\/l6bI0TGWTocuxfb1YdYAP7_Radat7zeBwCPcBGAsYHg\/s540\/Bill%2BMaher.jpg\" width=\"225\" align=\"left\" height=\"234\" \/\u003E                          \u003Cbr \/\u003EBILL MAHER’S COUNTERQUOTE:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E              \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Life is \u003Cem\u003Enot\u003C\/em\u003E like a box of chocolates. A box of chocolates is all good. I mean, it \u003Cem\u003Ewould\u003C\/em\u003E be like a box of chocolates if there was a occasional turd.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.billmaher.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBill Maher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; American comedian and talk show host\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; A comment Maher made on an episode of his first major TV show \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politically_Incorrect\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EPolitically Incorrect\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E. (I watched that ep and wrote down the quip, but I forgot to note the date. The show originally aired from 1997 to 2002.)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E           \u003C\/td\u003E         \u003C\/tr\u003E          \u003Ctr\u003E           \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E             \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-kVlkmdeoCn0\/X1-trcpq0WI\/AAAAAAABL44\/0pc5GnqLC44bt4Z17ax3ZVYHz4wXyEVZQCPcBGAsYHg\/s520\/Werewolf%2BSupermodel.jpg\" width=\"150\" align=\"left\" height=\"238\" \/\u003E                          \u003Cbr \/\u003ETHE WEREWOLF SUPERMODEL COUNTERQUOTE:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E              \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Forrest Gump’s mother had a lot of catchy sayings. I never really understood any of them. Life is not like a box of chocolates. Life is more like a wad of gum stuck to the bottom of your favorite pair of shoes. The more you try to clean up the mess, the stickier it becomes.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasticfiction.co.uk\/t\/ronda-thompson\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERonda Thompson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E (1955-2007)\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAmerican \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003Enovelist                  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1CdyFQ6\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EIn her novel\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cem\u003EConfessions of a Werewolf Supermodel\u003C\/em\u003E (2007)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E           \u003C\/td\u003E         \u003C\/tr\u003E          \u003Ctr\u003E           \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E             \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GceBoYNl7-U\/X1-trQuLvQI\/AAAAAAABL44\/GwRSXAv1L9U8bWegHdjU8dVoz6fdgwzYQCPcBGAsYHg\/s735\/CIGARETTE%2BSMOKING%2BMAN%2Brant.jpg\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" height=\"283\" \/\u003E                          \u003Cbr \/\u003ETHE CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN’S RANT:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E              \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Life is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable, because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So you’re stuck with this undefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there’s nothing else left to eat. Sure, once in a while there’s a peanut butter cup, or an English Toffee. But they’re gone too fast. The taste is fleeting. So you end up with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts. If you’re desperate enough to eat those, all you’ve got left is a — is an empty box, filled with useless brown paper wrappers.”\u003C\/strong\u003E                     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/x-files.wikia.com\/wiki\/Cigarette_Smoking_Man\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe “Cigarette Smoking Man”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E                      \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; The \u003Cem\u003EX-Files\u003C\/em\u003E character played by actor William B. Davis                     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0751164\/quotes?ref_=tt_ql_3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EIn a 1996 episode\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E of the \u003Cem\u003EThe X-Files\u003C\/em\u003E TV series\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E           \u003C\/td\u003E         \u003C\/tr\u003E          \u003Ctr\u003E           \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E             \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sL0cbkC80-8\/X1-trWv8CsI\/AAAAAAABL44\/HFN51PDNtIsyz0jd_SJPB1svW3i_qsMxACPcBGAsYHg\/s583\/Tom%2BLehrer%2BLP.jpg\" width=\"350\" align=\"left\" height=\"213\" \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E                          \u003Cbr \/\u003ETOM LEHRER’S VARIATION:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E              \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELife is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.”\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tomlehrer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETom Lehrer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E                      \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003C\/strong\u003EAmerican songwriter and satirist\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; Part of his spoken introduction to the song “We Will All Go Together When We Go,” on the album \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1wE9vD7\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAn Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=quotecounterquote-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=B003A9OQEO\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E(1953). The lyrics of the song include the line: \u003Cem\u003E“\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELife is like a sewer \/ And I'm trying to wade through her.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E           \u003C\/td\u003E         \u003C\/tr\u003E          \u003Ctr\u003E           \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"\u003E             \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HopBoTp_mes\/X1-trXg_8qI\/AAAAAAABL44\/RHgb4w1ZjLA-yobMsp6Evd6y1AwU4aMIQCPcBGAsYHg\/s631\/Jawaharlal%2BNehru.jpg\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" height=\"214\" \/\u003E                          \u003Cbr \/\u003ENEHRU’S VARIATION:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E              \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism. The way you play it is free will.”\u003C\/strong\u003E                     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.harappa.com\/sounds\/nehru.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJawaharlal Nehru\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E (1889-1964)                  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964                   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; This popular quote appears to have first been attributed to Nehru by Norman Cousins, editor of the \u003Cem\u003ESaturday Review, \u003C\/em\u003Ein \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1wAxnx6\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ea 1967 issue of that venerable periodical\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E           \u003C\/td\u003E         \u003C\/tr\u003E       \u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E      \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E*\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E      \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EComments? 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padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-PItx9V_hIBo\/Tmd9Id-nK8I\/AAAAAAAATrA\/Kc5Ip8ymwxU\/Keith%252520Moon%252520-%252520Life%252520and%252520Death%252520of%252520a%252520Rock%252520Legend-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-i9CWB4Ivt4o\/Tmd9JZgL8FI\/AAAAAAAATrE\/FizZ55XQT_E\/Keith%252520Moon%252520-%252520Life%252520and%252520Death%252520of%252520a%252520Rock%252520Legend%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"243\" height=\"335\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003E    \u003Cbr \/\u003EThe date \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003ESeptember 7\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E has an ironic link to two famous rock music quotes associated with the deaths of two of rock’s most legendary bad boys.\u003C\/font\u003E   \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EOn \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003ESeptember 7, 1978\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.drummerworld.com\/drummers\/Keith_Moon.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EKeith Moon\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E — the great, drum-kit-destroying drummer for the British band \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewho.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003Ethe Who\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E — died of a drug overdose at age 31. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EOne of the Who’s first big hits, released in 1965, was \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/My_Generation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“My Generation.”\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThat song includes a line that is well known and often cited by rock fans:\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E “Hope I die before I get old.” \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EIt’s in the first verse, which is repeated at the end of the song:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E“People try to put us d-down          \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; Just because we g-g-get around           \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; Things they do look awful c-c-cold           \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; Hope I die before I get old.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E   \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EAs rock fans also know, Keith Moon was renowned for his self-destructive, drug-and-alcohol amped lifestyle. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003ENaturally, the famed\u003Cem\u003E “Hope I die...”\u003C\/em\u003E line showed up in \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=40\u0026amp;q=%22Keith+Moon%22+obituary+%22Hope+I+die%22\u0026amp;oq=%22Keith+Moon%22+obituary+%22Hope+I+die%22\u0026amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3...9006.12457.0.13222.13.13.0.0.0.0.222.1618.0j10j1.11.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..2.9.1362...0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i22i29i30k1.Q97o3ylgTbo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003Eobituaries written for him in 1978 and in many articles\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E and books later written about Moon and the Who.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EIn an odd coincidence, on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003ESeptember 7, 2003\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, exactly 25 years after Keith Moon passed away, American rock musician \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warren_Zevon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWarren Zevon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E died of cancer at age 56. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003ELike Moon, Zevon was legendary for his substance abuse and other excesses. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:246f07c4-9e91-4130-8b2f-92625f36f8d2\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; 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“I’m drinking heartbreak motor oil and Bombay gin        \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; I'll sleep when I'm dead         \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; Straight from the bottle, twisted again         \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; I’ll sleep when I'm dead.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EInevitably, the line\u003Cem\u003E “I’ll sleep when I'm dead” \u003C\/em\u003Ewas cited \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%22warren+Zevon%22+obituary\u0026amp;ie=utf-8\u0026amp;oe=utf-8\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003Ein many obits, articles and blog posts\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E shortly after Zevon \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.phrases.org.uk\/meanings\/319800.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003Eshuffled off his mortal coil\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EIt was also used as the title of a book about him, compiled by his former wife, Crystal, and published in 2007. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EThe book’s full title is: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060763493?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=quotecounterquote-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0060763493\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=quotecounterquote-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=0060763493\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003ETalk show host \u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Letterman\u003C\/strong\u003E was a longtime fan and friend of Warren Zevon and had him as a guest on \u003Cem\u003EThe Late Show\u003C\/em\u003E many times.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EOn October 30, 2002, Warren \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z7Mirkd3CT4\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003Emade his last appearance on Letterman’s show\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EAt that point, it was public knowledge that Zevon’s cancer was likely to be terminal in the near future. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003EHis fan and friend Letterman asked Warren during the show if facing death had given him any new insights about life. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EZevon’s reply included three words that became another famous quote:\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/2010\/10\/warren-zevon-enjoy-every-sandwich.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"\u003E“Enjoy every sandwich.\u0026quot;\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont face=\"Verdana\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E*\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; 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\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E In the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EMarch 20, 1960\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E issue of \u003Cem\u003EParade\u003C\/em\u003E, Gorkin published an open letter to \u003Cstrong\u003EPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower \u003C\/strong\u003Eand the Soviet Union’s \u003Cstrong\u003EPremier Nikita Khrushchev\u003C\/strong\u003E, titled “RE: ACCIDENTAL WAR.”\u003C\/font\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn it, he urged them to consider: \u003Cem\u003E“the establishment of a direct telephone line between you...to prevent the possibility of an accidental war.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E   \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:753a5e2b-93e9-4efe-b14e-318d15cfbba8\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-V-SfI9kXvso\/VAI3fGcosaI\/AAAAAAAAgek\/QOW22aARy2A\/Jess%252520Gorkin%252520letter%252520about%252520hot%252520line-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-8gEWuUoYPAY\/VAI3fsjQgQI\/AAAAAAAAgeo\/jW2skwSuH90\/Jess%252520Gorkin%252520letter%252520about%252520hot%252520line%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"431\" height=\"485\" \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E He ended his letter with the rhetorical question: \u003Cem\u003E“Must a world be lost for want of a telephone call?”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E   \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EGorkin didn’t use the term \u003Cem\u003Ehot line\u003C\/em\u003E in that open letter, but he did use it in a subsequent series editorials in \u003Cem\u003EParade \u003C\/em\u003Ein 1960, promoting the idea to presidential candidates \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn F. Kennedy\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ERichard Nixon\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAccording to language maven William Safire’s great \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1CdMcox\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EPolitical Dictionary\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, Gorkin’s editorial in the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EOctober 30, 1960\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E issue of \u003Cem\u003EParade \u003C\/em\u003Ementioned an internal “hot line” that the US Strategic Air Command (SAC) maintained for emergency communications. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EGorkin suggested that SAC’s “red telephone” system was a model for the communication link he believed the US and USSR should establish.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAfter Kennedy was elected President, Gorkin ran more editorials pushing the hot line idea. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAnd, after the US and USSR came to the brink of nuclear Armageddon in October 1962 during the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuban_missile_crisis\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECuban missile crisis\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, Kennedy and Khrushchev decided it was indeed a pretty good idea. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOn April 23, 1963, Kennedy sent \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/parade.condenast.com\/134891\/hannah_dreyfus\/50th-anniversary-of-the-moscow-washington-hotline\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ea personal letter of thanks\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E to Gorkin for promoting the concept, calling it \u003Cem\u003E“an excellent example of the most constructive aspects of our free press.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EGorkin proudly published the letter in \u003Cem\u003EParade\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOn June 20, 1963, in Geneva, President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev signed an agreement to create the crisis communication system Gorkin had suggested. The Washington-Kremlin hot line officially went live on August 30, 1963. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHowever, despite what we’ve seen in movies and TV shows, there never were red phones in the offices of the President of the United States and the Premier of Russia. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe hot line was actually a secure teletype connection between the offices of the Pentagon and the Kremlin. 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float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8AZm4tnOhAM\/Xz7IfzycVeI\/AAAAAAABLuQ\/DEZ0xOYDOc8fbimw817q3kOz_MmA50WkgCPcBGAsYHg\/s1101\/Bernard%2Bof%2BClairvaux%252C%2BLove%2BMe%2BLove%2BMy%2BDog.jpg\" width=\"300\" align=\"left\" height=\"396\" \/\u003E\u0026#160; \u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the Catholic religion, \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EAugust 20\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E is the Feast Day of \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_of_Clairvaux\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESaint Bernard of Clairvaux\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, a medieval French monk who died on that date in 1153 A.D. \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI’m not a Catholic. But as a dog lover and a quote lover, I’m a big fan of St. Bernard, because he’s the guy who immortalized a saying that’s now best known in the modernized form \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/nhLoPq\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“Love me, love my dog.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe older versions of this saying, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=30\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;safe=off\u0026amp;rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS367US367\u0026amp;q=bernard+%E2%80%9CWho+loves+me%2C+loves+my+dog%E2%80%9D+OR+%E2%80%9CHe+who+loves+me%2C+also+loves+my+dog.%E2%80%9D+quotations+OR+quotes\u0026amp;aq=f\u0026amp;aqi=\u0026amp;aql=\u0026amp;oq=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ecited by many books and websites\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, are\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Cem\u003E“Who loves me, loves my dog”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“He who loves me, also loves my dog.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThose are the more traditional and more grammatically correct translations of something Bernard said in a sermon he once gave on another Catholic feast day — the \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/culture\/liturgicalyear\/activities\/view.cfm?id=1155\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EFeast of St. Michael the Archangel\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, celebrated annually on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003ESeptember 29\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESt. Bernard’s famous dog quote from that sermon was originally recorded in Latin as \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E (Back then, it was common for monks to use Latin for their written records and to deliver sermons in Latin to other monks.)\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=ZE4AAAAAYAAJ\u0026amp;pg=RA1-PA91\u0026amp;lpg=RA1-PA91\u0026amp;dq=%22Dicitur+certe+vulgari+proverbio%22+%22Qui+me+amat,+amat+et+canem+meum.%22\u0026amp;source=bl\u0026amp;ots=EFe8duUoWs\u0026amp;sig=4_uu02tDbcNTHt1Pt_sKlwGKoFQ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;ei=1RhQTtf-Nsm1twfZkpGpBw\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;oi=book_result\u0026amp;ct=result\u0026amp;resnum=2\u0026amp;ved=0CB0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage\u0026amp;q=%22Dicitur%20certe%20vulgari%20proverbio%22%20%22Qui%20me%20amat%2C%20amat%20et%20canem%20meum.%22\u0026amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe full sentence\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E this quote comes from is\u003Cem\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E“Dicitur certe vulgari proverbio: Qui me amat, amat et canem meum”\u003C\/strong\u003E —\u003C\/em\u003E which translates as “It is said truly in a common proverb: who loves me, also loves my dog.” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThis makes it clear that Bernard was quoting an existing proverb. He didn’t actually coin it himself. But his use became famous and helped popularize the saying.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EContrary to what some people assume, St. Bernard of Clairvaux is not the Catholic saint associated with Saint Bernard dogs. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThey were named after \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_of_Menthon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESaint Bernard of Menthon\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E (a.k.a. Bernard of Montjoux), a different Catholic monk who died in 1008 A.D. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThat\u003C\/em\u003E St. Bernard established a monastery and hospice high up in the Alps. Over the centuries, the monks who lived there became famous for their efforts to rescue lost and injured travelers and for the large herding dogs they bred and trained to assist in their search and rescue missions. Since the 1700s, those dogs have been called Saint Bernards. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; float: right; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tJKy1fsx7HY\/Xz7Jh_C3SsI\/AAAAAAABLus\/meYmVRlP2agy22svkYB8aGBfnCuF6UaSgCPcBGAsYHg\/s360\/Saint_Bernard%2Bdogbreedsinfo-8x6.jpg\" width=\"325\" align=\"right\" height=\"250\" \/\u003EIt’s not clear whether St. Bernard of Menthon or St. Bernard of Clairvaux were especially fond of dogs themselves. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESt. Bernard of Menthon is the patron saint of skiing, not dogs or dog lovers. And, the breed of dogs named in his honor was developed by his followers after his death. \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESt. Bernard of Clairvaux is the patron saint of bees, beekeepers and candle-makers, apparently because Pope Pius VIII nicknamed him the “Honey-Sweet Doctor” for his honey-sweet style of preaching and writing. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAnd, for the record, the topic of the sermon by St. Bernard of Clairvaux that includes the words now paraphrased as “Love me, love my dog” wasn’t actually about canines. It was about angels and their love for humanity.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBernard’s brief reference to dogs in the sermon was part of a metaphorical point he was making.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf you read (or use an online translator to decipher) \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.binetti.ru\/bernardus\/71.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ethe Latin transcription of his sermon\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, you find that he was comparing the relationship between dogs and people to the relationship between humans and Jesus.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“The holy angels...love us, in fact, because Jesus Christ loved us,”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EBernard said in Paragraph 3 of the sermon.\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E “It is said truly in a common proverb: who loves me, also loves my dog...We are the little dogs of the Lord...yes, like small dogs that want to feed on the crumbs that fall from the table of our masters.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E   \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn case you’re wondering, there is a Catholic patron saint of dogs. His name is \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Roch\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESaint Roch\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E and his feast day is \u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAugust 16\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAccording to legend, in the 13th century, Roch became gravely ill after ministering to plague victims and went off into the woods to die. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHis life was saved by a dog from a nearby home. The dog accidentally found Roch, then brought him food to eat every day and licked his sores until he recovered.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI particularly like that legend because it fits my view that the creatures appropriately called \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/2011\/09\/todays-anniversary-of-mans-best-friend.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“man’s best friend”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E are among the true saints of this world.      \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E*\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; *\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EComments? 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I recently heard some news commentator use the phrase \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable” \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003Eon a cable news channel and wondered how many modern listeners are familiar with that old saying. In case you’re not, here’s a post that discusses to origins of those words and some notable uses and variations…\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"450\" height=\"419\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/RH1zKgfrZEgMV2VTC2FeqaCDBB1MQihP6sLHTxcUb5fEIlp_vxJZ2fTpjXnHaqtGX9OYhnso9dBQglsDfJ6RZPGT-god_RQ_zNQH7ojbjltjS_0GaaAX3DBTutNDpmLLVFKhalCTF6LSsPKq4GGcFBTJ6VE4Wubt8KkoucoYRzzPlOjcaWhQ4H-Q33fXNAzuC5pYlZxHNJ4SBf_xb--04vpMmMQWQhgonSvGtZx0ZrHDpS9prFG6N9r5OzIbYjl-HfBAAZQ_MLJ6MJO51VZeAFh9Dna1hMStXeYi2XALdc24DJx_VLWBgkxHKQ8i7QAE5SfpgKz6XVStSnjHC4nN7-MLJag2MUZQfXzmOmIG6n-mX4HtheXPT3xWJPlfbBpRSf_xchNSpArdEIudNDKmzsOuLCds13V2J2uR5cdyvv31PEp1C-rMZS5khg1MHlxgRmr2AMRZtWXsVHDj7XRwMiEygs_hrDBsaenIKsI-0BUgbQqWuI_H3M8X0ncyfyVIq6sEJSrgj8IGjq-jPIKVCH4fEuxbfx4CjxfTv60F1KFIq5-DGPMIgSXl3g83Np8moWfUmx2Zv4KmqJfCMEqBzgAOeoL5YLokfblrGUjKMDpiaDDkpPG9hUSzn2ThvX7Kr_M62YErpGkOZf-sNA-cVIuyNDRxuFE5frqqk74G2nmyjShw_-gw4vIU=w1293-h1203-no\"\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ET\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHE LINE THAT LED TO A FAMOUS MISQUOTE:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Th’ newspaper does ivrything f’r us...comforts th’ afflicted, afflicts th’ comfortable.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Finley_Peter_Dunne\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFinley Peter Dunne\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E (1867-1936)\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; American journalist and humorist\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Dunne put this quote in the mouth of\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mr._Dooley\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“Mr. Dooley,”\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E the witty Irish character who was featured in Dunne’s popular newspaper column relating what Dooley said on various topics in a heavy Irish brogue. The line was first used in a column titled “Mr. Dooley on Newspaper Publicity,”\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Epublished in many US newspapers on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EOctober 5, 1902\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E and reprinted in the book collecting Dunne’s columns, \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HRLFTa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EObservations by Mr. Dooley\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E (1902). Dooley’s remark led to many other quotes about comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable. \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The full quote as Dunne wrote it is: \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003E“Th’ newspaper does ivrything f’r us. It runs th’ polis foorce an’ th’ banks, commands th’ milishy, conthrols th’ ligislachure, baptizes th’ young, marries th’ foolish, comforts th’ afflicted, afflicts th’ comfortable, buries th’ dead an’ roasts thim aftherward.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The plain English “translation” is: \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cem\u003E“The newspaper does everything for us. It runs the police force and the banks, commands the militia, controls the legislature, baptizes the young, marries the foolish, comforts the afflicted, afflicts the comfortable, buries the dead and roasts them afterward.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Dunne’s quote is often misquoted as\u003Cem\u003E “The duty [or job] of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”\u003C\/em\u003E Indeed, that version has become a kind of motto for defenders of the free press. Ironically, Dunne’s piece was not meant as praise of the press. It’s actually a negative jab at newspapers who Mr. Dooley thinks print far too much minutiae about almost everything and everyone and pokes into the private lives of citizens far too much. \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Mr. Dooley complains that, because newspapers regularly print gossip and photos about local citizens,\u003Cem\u003E “There are no such things as private citizens”\u003C\/em\u003E anymore. Interestingly, many of his criticisms of newspapers sound similar to modern concerns about the internet and social media.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"300\" height=\"305\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/U6JsYeu5_9Lessv_rGovll4HRMcxlqYRQed-pJyI9QRjqNy67A0aF9yIG3UxdHYmIjqhjCDLIPKGlYnXG_sAZzg3hLTWitMUOzoAumEWXTSkm5vRfF1JgWhVKMMjGcYfdTrJW8oyrfc8HZ6W2ZQlg8eh2UmBjFnSjypjALDYG0I-RLESsgzvG3U7hQGlZ8Pgv0s8zByZZveNHcDCzcvkd1yyyWI-14A5OU7Tu0hs5P-mzOuffeEl_wXIYAMOPv62rE4QEuGmZmZ0Qq3G9ExnAn_mCMmOEE03UqAcaYf5IcPuv6a3f7cukue6N1pYJfIXm36olYF1lyYwWQDq4TT0aHLiu3053JsBaHwNH4DAmwDkjsF8gzuc4MFmwaujelqu5NWvnA8mVpKtpr6rm5YS2J-Hk0MII95l1SvL7WVa_I02WJhGwvFd1OJHCnzmEH3y5fbTouuQdOlQ5T0Gwl6il413IseifS4S_PYZoEK_bW68qDZ2KUoUttc-dVJDEWGvGvxg9AbSWCFqTJfxW21sNIcoGJn9-xDZT82xNRhu8wYQjQrXH5oexh0t_gKVu9KmktnY2U4i7E4EOtbm-orv8bQ0SjAMhWc1dtyNZPQ-JgeqShvq4YtpJIswhU6jmPji9qhKJlATlrAmgNDgtYYYbRKvOBGdzvuVDscrIKGjKWFPXIKDlbRd1nJW=w1183-h1203-no\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETHE NEWSPAPER VERSION:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Mr. Brady, it is the duty of a newspaper to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Actor \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spencer_Tracy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpencer Tracy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, in the 1960 movie \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inherit_the_Wind_(1960_film)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInherit the Wind\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. Tracy, playing defense lawyer Henry Drummond, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0053946\/characters\/nm0000037\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esays the line\u003C\/a\u003E to Fredric March, playing prosecuting attorney Matthew Harrison Brady.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The film is an adaptation of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inherit_the_Wind_(play)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethe 1955 play\u003C\/a\u003E of the same name, a fictionalized account of the infamous \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scopes_Trial\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Scopes Monkey Trial.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Tracy’s famous line is not in the play, which was written by \u003Cstrong\u003EJerome Lawrence\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ERobert Edwin Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E. The movie script based on the play was written by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nedrick_Young\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENedrick Young\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EHarold Jacob Smith\u003C\/strong\u003E. I suspect the famous line was created by Young, who was blacklisted as a Communist sympathizer during the McCarthy era and hired (secretly) by the film’s director \u003Cstrong\u003EStanley Kramer\u003C\/strong\u003E. Young didn’t coin the saying. As noted in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2019\/02\/01\/comfort\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ea post on the Quote Investigator\u003C\/a\u003E site, a filler item in 1914 a newspaper in Danville, Kentucky said:\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E “Mr. Dooley says the duty of the newspapers is to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E That was followed by many similar uses of this saying about newspapers that predate the movie \u003Cem\u003EInherit the Wind\u003C\/em\u003E, which premiered in London on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJuly 7, 1960\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"225\" height=\"225\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/31j4eO0H4eI-8DSlxYmK_mnSoCRQQGKMunZuAe2bLnDYiWelr1z7vPcb2SZrEPfHd8TsuISnY1GVe1IngtZ3KO1D1gyYwKBV7zHB2b0L5k0AW22l43idysNy2iQot9iCMovarE2BSVa4koLDU9QsdfafjolZVfbtVl2IbMhSDcRjFfrwdu5idrwh3q7TjQSppUxDCMDrDUbYuJhSapJU5OF9kLARrTsqGcfbPeO_5sNAJAQSy6IIMM2B31yFDAirPFJ92fdeXn_2xIuF3dr57sa1A6l_b3iPCUzN__oFGh0trkVmYQXtMR7CA8_TzhJDj3m3yXjpYrxaX1JccJ2p_88JHSG5AqmHt7EY16rziAcu4LP3u482bgqRl7ojJ6_Zdd3OqHXNGwjYfazasjsNyDJoL727CZxjanvQP-yviQdfLs0P5iPcgvQCWXIem6ZCUNqfw1pDVbk7cD72srUCjmrvId5DtgdBcDoq1Zl6GS7TjFxVt2z2ZThHJ9PXSJaTlyZeOw0Otmz0ByG-z2eH-GAdu47JH4RMOFH7zJuh27xc7TAQ68rxh_TwxubBHzbZrgitX802QvYMLkU4mmuEzrfN9F1FzSy5rqHEKtnHeguesjcEvffqcgWYcORlSibqYPkTo8v-OHYgDaoKzDJCH9PR1cYObi8vQHiz_t9plDga2Ep64erqXePP=s721-no\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003ETHE FAUX CLARENCE DARROW QUOTE:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clarence_Darrow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EClarence Darrow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (1857-1938)\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; American lawyer and free speech activist\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; It’s interesting that \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=firefox-b-1-d\u0026amp;q=Darrow+%E2%80%9CThe+most+human+thing+we+can+do+is+comfort+the+afflicted+and+afflict+the+comfortable.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emany internet posts and some books\u003C\/a\u003E published in recent decades attribute this quote to Darrow, the defense attorney in the real life Scopes Monkey Trial. I couldn’t find any evidence that Darrow ever said or wrote such a line. I think it’s probably a faux quote created after the movie line in \u003Cem\u003EInherit the Wind\u003C\/em\u003E became famous.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"225\" height=\"225\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/_axihpCZtkVNGPotAjdKGwK-gl40hDVzsD6BrwmnpXtNPCzqzLOWUsXrh6-EvPoEDAL33GUzHggpepJQoGGr1NHQeqmV0LH70c2HF7aafGXVtCj1_Ddj80G6qYYP3_7Zk5oYbFYBhnZwTfTf-TmLRTHIm2Kn419_mTyiQgdP5PP0_OU8ssVs3SU3dDn_X6HGPaIkXxfVB6P06eCmd1ByeicIzLPSp9kMyNxApkjamfPAMgqlHKCw9VK2d6za-LoQOcVX8I5Y-ux8qxy9Gcv7pha8Ruz7ApECmqhpnV_7KVGCdlIRMT0sF6KOl8MnGm8FnOUFHrXn9JU3VNB2erv3gHMrttahJ6wxPsdJa8a2W-DPbpW0GX2XS7Rn1lRcH2wTivKk1DbuP0mJaMDLvF-2SHBK7nk4egW0_qQYwLpBagkByK8P64Q9bOFoqXvK76m00iPPiVXsVG_wNAoh81L97YnhX_TicRqilxABspwUXylhO05Rza-g5U46vfb8NwWR6LGXEeOL_LxBjzUfZHJNGK0H6trAM3veycby7LuoquUn4u1Ic5cKU9QDRC9awHp3c8JFOMfMG22KUZn3YBp0Tg30JbplY9saLLgeilo6i98uyfsYg-yUy5GxzgrcQRMX352fduCOLBFQXsYS8Ot5GmEWZ8vnufZ3R3PJ6Peu-m46qHZvOPCa7uph=s1040-no\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003ETHE FAUX WOODY GUTHRIE QUOTE:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“It’s a folk singer’s job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.woodyguthrie.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWoody Guthrie\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (1912-1967) \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; American folk musician and liberal political activist\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; This line is \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%E2%80%9CIt%E2%80%99s+a+folk+singer%E2%80%99s+job+to+comfort+disturbed+people+and+to+disturb+comfortable+people.%E2%80%9D\u0026amp;oq=%E2%80%9CIt%E2%80%99s+a+folk+singer%E2%80%99s+job+to+comfort+disturbed+people+and+to+disturb+comfortable+people.%E2%80%9D\u0026amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.1220j0j4\u0026amp;sourceid=chrome\u0026amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewidely attributed to Guthrie\u003C\/a\u003E in internet posts, but never with any specific source. As far as I can tell, he never actually said it. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"150\" height=\"193\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/1xrboDMJSr9rS0oZcMP6aFkz-WvPxrtKcrLjpnS_BDBnSglUzQy4rgw91AWkFxY_YJRjjpHG6yI1rltFFP2DAlPVE3sIC41bFqwDbqXyqXhStkgQjaQq61qjBVc1upJnMNGtHoYj7wDWGLd4Icr3MRZTEYUGm5rTezNVfKWG0zxk_s_-5zGdWbTwF27P4xeLbhstQ9qiHahkzzp_sy2C-ErRB5i3jSaDjY6ceLf6wCHLY0EERshBMx5VGBLxhBNxlKDyPuTUSOACLpPhMnFJ0rpiEWbhZBv3yE_zPLhQzTPIaeoPgl4ija9Ky4SFa-co0uVkUEvCdoeA0U6NH1NZmSbx-Pupn5KbwFZcDOkYjJALPgBLa0xnvSBVeBA2yw70bwT7aGAxYE7T8zGU-JiZ52o1Xdni52jzzgpNoG-IlY1vo1pN5E8nF31t2lrML5LErhS_JAamjPzgnyVknH37hqUW10oyYyg--KGLacrDAEbj0BVtBZLLcLA8Hjn1G-9RqfhuslhSA3giexbElGh_k1h3arqMA-QDM0OefEukd-UzzXoZYKz27oncXIWNGPg-1deitSuvfmA6CpUqhjpuvDRwPFVxa28rkjiephzfFBZIyjNEIGW162S8RZwWbO9r-PUZKQKXYgQOws3diNnCHbMy891pHWR6IUvCtU7N2TkwVLnvRDJoPM1F=w934-h1203-no\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003ETHE CHRISTIAN VERSION:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“The business of the ministry is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/articles.ochristian.com\/preacher340-1.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFrederick W. Burnham\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E (1871-1960)\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Pastor in Richmond, Virginia\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; In an editorial published on \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2019\/02\/01\/comfort\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EMarch 11, 1944\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in \u003Cem\u003EThe Latrobe Bulletin\u003C\/em\u003E, Burnham attributed this saying to an unnamed\u003Cem\u003E “young minister.”\u003C\/em\u003E It’s an early version of many quotes that have applied the\u003Cem\u003E “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable”\u003C\/em\u003E concept to Christianity and Christian ministries.\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"250\" height=\"250\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/1OM4I8Tiu2ESlHZ-erc-thu-aRI3z2SqHIzk35UjZRtcWbv0BNQ-DHTv7HUvSzr0j2uGi6uKhEf49Cs9NXqpeY5R8jCcxO-3ZREQa39qRzoE2v4VfN4l126lC1XQQyxuqf0x_HgPiRxPqi3Uz8tgVh9qrAdhprldFjJmjf1GECd6vNPF1JzLYrGq3ju6sjkUFvE9SGu7w2obfDSHK719-Ombam5hP7pQn6cGwbNrNhwUnJkIK52k8hsm96OQarWiWJSni7C0uCnUE6f8o_ntJqWrrt4qcyvCeOan3nUNFagrVk4NFH668qK-7NaRWn8RGOjus1dvPOOF9LEQbCGWe9Lxcah9Tq2EZRpPqRVaPobN8FnIyQUtTNjZM0LeuxKihOzcpPvzlrt-gMx5YspLsTsoi8x-LjMe1RGWY3jN8nszam2a5Iy7K0ZItUVNdk-J_YH4TndoRqVJewyBksU7v0s91Fdr_Q6W4e06rI6wg7HZkLtH8mk8B4iw6eHzTY1w8cs1hcZosAZLuD7mSKPhWrDP1Vyv3_Qyi5eyL9X5evj3kz2uOfmh_UpWE15MKAxhtZdv32rvkgx_9PNlEhPhh--qp30nwHuff2UadA2EMosuPcUAnYqq4WSHRNh1w6BrD7LotISpeRVjvupRsSRJhecDqUvq1Ego_cxzybzyfKDxHoxXaAcztfK5=s1040-no\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003ETHE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT APPLICATION:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“No woman has ever so comforted the distressed – or distressed the comfortable.”\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clare_Boothe_Luce\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EClare Boothe Luce\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (1903-1987)\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; American author, Conservative Republican politician and US Ambassador\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Luce used this line speech in which she praised \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.firstladies.org\/biographies\/firstladies.aspx?biography=33\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEleanor Roosevelt\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E at and event honoring her on \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=2dOWK4GskwYC\u0026amp;pg=SL1-PA3942\u0026amp;lpg=SL1-PA3942\u0026amp;dq=%22No+woman+has+ever+so+comforted+the+distressed%22+Luce+Eleanor+May+1950\u0026amp;source=bl\u0026amp;ots=kaR33R4l97\u0026amp;sig=ACfU3U026e2wG4vlLhLG8WXLPorj5OFizA\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwjSutzL1vXqAhUFWa0KHVKQAzEQ6AEwE3oECBQQAQ#v=onepage\u0026amp;q=%22No%20woman%20has%20ever%20so%20comforted%20the%20distressed%22%20Luce%20Eleanor%20May%201950\u0026amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EMay 21, 1950\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. At that event, the left-leaning, Democratic widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt received an award for her service to the poor and “underprivileged.” Back then, political opponents from different parties actually said some nice things about each other. \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"200\" height=\"236\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/QzdgLHM0irtEYZSEycALahtd3fuzjfVhx0i0BOpoGHZp0LDhjcMaiiK-EawXwx_x5PSTKAU1m7_ygxCJNIW0rkesF-BE_VEm2YpBIa-uLxnOIPvDzZfQqf9YBdYofrTbbEXXN5azZ9IXUm1seJyNNj04YrtZKx-kkn1QpbUocs_-UI5cbMOc29QtKfDZt3Txx1skRf9wd-nKVFMh1k31fokZblZA8JGNBDXgh5pR5Cj1trP7vltDfNyQY8VEDG-fN9mCvZfpTPIBxB4QFSWJIPSMvPI3D45v7lCYm9GESiVxmroQDP7yHRasnPwKiASsmZ9XTXQITT5C-D3_cqeERJp1jbh8NQsYmO91ZF7NmA6jBNeWoL7wKnR3Be-6uT8t7fDXgaMX0cUL0hHyJM05sIw5aRdI2FsBUfigBYN511E2AgWM4PexI43y8sdrY8oZNs8JZP_i9rcc8LdYKwOSEQ_YeYvOEsXQxk4J1_vI56iKKc2dcBg9ansglJYO5EEmFHELXzhfNBHhUGkIXHaDqHNGWcJrCixKYzNWmN3XXjALw8R0sY3YAKpOCJ4totvioVHzYWspX7q7lAsPZEkXExrk6FC_wx1WBgWdEoGbvqvad0ySEjGLAj-tyezCdnR523U57y3nGTANo0347x1wIV9p7MB7wEBvrz37vyqEQBoOpJ8BW5XFce7s=w1022-h1203-no\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\" size=\"3\"\u003EJ.K. GALBRAITH’S VARIATION:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Kenneth_Galbraith\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Kenneth Galbraith\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (1908-2006)\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Canadian-born economist, public official, and liberal activist\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; From \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.smith.edu\/about-smith\/smith-history\/commencement-speakers\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehis 1989 commencement speech\u003C\/a\u003E at Smith College, Massachusetts, titled \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%E2%80%9CIn+Pursuit+of+the+Simple+Truth%E2%80%9D+Galbraith+Guardian\u0026amp;sxsrf=ACYBGNTOHGndsQR1qFVTcJqJUUIsQkZerQ:1567884104085\u0026amp;source=lnms\u0026amp;tbm=bks\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwj5tMq4t7_kAhUMTawKHcuYBZgQ_AUIGCgB\u0026amp;biw=1862\u0026amp;bih=874\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“In Pursuit of the Simple Truth.”\u003C\/a\u003E (Because London’s \u003Cem\u003EGuardian\u003C\/em\u003E newspaper reprinted the speech on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJuly 28, 1989\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, that is the usual citation for the source, rather than the commencement speech.)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E*\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EComments? 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— poetry = the best words in the best order.”"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:644b72e8-46a9-4418-9a4d-c552c87985c5\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-7NY2paLCIwE\/U8P6615CsjI\/AAAAAAAAgF8\/Hf1zU3uGXBs\/Samuel%252520Taylor%252520Coleridge%25252C%252520prose%252520poetry%252520quotation-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"352\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-aEn24d3SGHk\/U8P7LOnFP_I\/AAAAAAAAgGM\/x6RlNzTwYaI\/Samuel%252520Taylor%252520Coleridge%25252C%252520prose%252520poetry%252520quotation%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E  \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMost of the best-known quotes by the British poet and critic \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.poets.org\/poet.php\/prmPID\/292\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESamuel Taylor Coleridge\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E come from his poems \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E (1798) and \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kubla_Khan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EKubla Khan\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E (1816).   \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut one of his most famous quotations is not something he wrote. \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt’s a remark he made in a conversation that was jotted down by his nephew and son-in-law, \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Nelson_Coleridge\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHenry Nelson Coleridge\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EYes, it \u003Cem\u003Eis\u003C\/em\u003E a little strange that he was both Samuel’s nephew \u003Cem\u003Eand\u003C\/em\u003E son-in-law. Apparently, the Coleridges were a very tight knit family.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAnyway, from 1822 to 1834, Henry took notes about things he heard Samuel say at gatherings of family and friends, figuring they might someday be worthwhile biographical records about the life of his famous father-in-law\/uncle.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn 1835, a year after Samuel died, Henry published a two-volume collection that included his notes, under the title \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/webhp?sourceid=toolbar-instant\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;ion=1\u0026amp;qscrl=1\u0026amp;nord=1\u0026amp;rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS367US367#hl=en\u0026amp;sugexp=bvec\u0026amp;xhr=t\u0026amp;q=Specimens+of+the+Table+Talk+of+the+Late+Samuel+Taylor+Coleridge\u0026amp;cp=63\u0026amp;qscrl=1\u0026amp;nord=1\u0026amp;rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS367US367\u0026amp;ion=1\u0026amp;um=1\u0026amp;ie=UTF-8\u0026amp;tbo=u\u0026amp;tbm=bks\u0026amp;source=og\u0026amp;sa=N\u0026amp;tab=wp\u0026amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.\u0026amp;fp=fafbfd32d06c2b93\u0026amp;biw=1536\u0026amp;bih=711\u0026amp;ion=1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESpecimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThese volumes, usually referred to as \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETable Talk\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E for short, include an oft-cited quotation by Samuel about prose and poetry. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHenry recorded it in written form like this, using an equal sign for the word \u003Cem\u003Eequal\u003C\/em\u003E: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003E“Prose = words in their best order; — poetry = the \u003Cem\u003Ebest\u003C\/em\u003E words in the best order.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAccording the Henry, Samuel Taylor Coleridge spoke those words on the night of \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJuly 12, 1827\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E during a wide-ranging conversation about a number of famous writers, including \u003Cstrong\u003ESir Walter Scott, John Dryden, Algernon Sydney \u003C\/strong\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003EEdmund Burke\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EPresumably, Samuel said the word “equal” where the equal signs appear in Henry’s written version.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EColeridge made this remark after saying that Edmund Burke’s popular essay “A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful”\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Ewas \u003Cem\u003E“neither profound nor accurate”\u003C\/em\u003E and making an equally snarky comment about a poem by the Italian poet \u003Cstrong\u003ELudovico Ariosto\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=MXBIAAAAMAAJ\u0026amp;pg=PA48\u0026amp;dq=%22Table+Talk%22+%22prose+%3D%22+burke+Ariosto\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;ei=n6YcTpGKL-Ph0QGfm8X3Bw\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;oi=book_result\u0026amp;ct=result\u0026amp;resnum=3\u0026amp;ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage\u0026amp;q\u0026amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESamuel’s complete quote\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E about prose vs. poetry, as recorded in \u003Cem\u003ETable Talk\u003C\/em\u003E, is: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; — poetry = the best words in the best order.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESome people find Coleridge’s definitions of prose and poetry to be quite profound. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOthers may find them a bit pompous and question whether they actually make sense. 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\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight        \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Gonna grab some afternoon delight         \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; My motto's always been when it’s right, it’s right         \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night         \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; When everything’s a little clearer in the light of day         \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; And you know the night is always gonna be there any way         \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Sky rockets in flight!         \u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Afternoon delight. A-a-afternoon delight.” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"scid:53357c8b-5919-4e32-8c25-305d27c17a37:b6336c42-17ce-40af-b1c5-e3b00f85f310\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 20px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cembed width=\"278\" height=\"228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eplbDbp6XJQ\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe success of the song quickly turned “afternoon delight” into \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=afternoon%20delight\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ea popular sex-related euphemism\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe original meaning, as intended by songwriter Danoff, referred to having sex in the afternoon with one’s spouse or steady partner. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn the 1980s, “afternoon delight” became shorthand for an adulterous lunchtime affair with someone \u003Cem\u003Eother\u003C\/em\u003E than a spouse or partner. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAs Danoff has explained in interviews, the real origin of the phrase actually had nothing to do with sex. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe got it from \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/restaurantreviews\/1353.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EClyde’s Restaurant\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), one of his favorite local hangouts in the early 1970s.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EClyde’s used the phrase as the title of it’s happy hour menu. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe words stuck in Danoff’s mind and inspired him to turn it into a term for a different type of daytime pleasure. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf the lyrics of “Afternoon Delight” are still somewhere in the back of your mind, click the video link at right and sing along with Will Ferrell and the cast of the movie \u003Cem\u003EAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy\u003C\/em\u003E (2004). 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It’s now technically referred to as \u003Cem\u003EStar Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut I saw it at my local movie theater when it first came out (several times) and I still think of it as the first \u003Cem\u003EStar Wars\u003C\/em\u003E movie. I also still tend to think of it by its simple, original name. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAs almost everyone on our planet knows, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Wars_opening_crawl\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ethe opening crawl at the beginning\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E starts with the famous words: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...” \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThat same phrase was later used in the opening crawls in the five following movies in the \u003Cem\u003EStar Wars\u003C\/em\u003E series. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOf course, \u003Cem\u003EStar Wars\u003C\/em\u003E also coined the catchphrase\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Cem\u003E“May the Force be with you”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E and various other quotes that are well known to science fiction fans.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EGiven the current fame of the words \u003Cem\u003E“May the Force be with you”\u003C\/em\u003E it seems strange in retrospect that they are spoken only twice in the original film; first by the character \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.starwars.com\/databank\/general-dodonna\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EGeneral Dodonna\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E(actor Alex McCrindle) and then, somewhat jokingly, by \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.starwars.com\/databank\/han-solo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHan Solo\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E (Harrison Ford).\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOther popular quotes from that film include two lines by \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.starwars.com\/databank\/obi-wan-kenobi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EObi-Wan Kenobi\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E (actor Alec Guinness): \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“These are not the Droids you’re looking for” \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003Eand \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Use the Force, Luke!” \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAnother is the plea made by the holographic image of \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.starwars.com\/databank\/princess-leia-organa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EPrincess Leia Organa\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E (Carrie Fisher):\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E   \u003Cdiv class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:812b0ade-f5cb-483f-9e61-605280f7de74\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E On \u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMay 25, 1979, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003Eexactly two years after \u003Cem\u003EStar Wars\u003C\/em\u003E debuted nationwide, the movie \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078748\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAlien\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E was released in the U.S. \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt was by directed by another director who was little-known at the time: \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ridley_Scott\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERidley Scott\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Original ALIEN movie poster by Bill Gold (1979)\" href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-vp6bzuAPGOo\/VWOUodgKDiI\/AAAAAAAAixY\/X_C0W5S29ZU\/Original%252520Alien%252520poster%252520by%252520Bill%252520Gold%252520%2525281979%252529-8x6%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"258\" height=\"453\" align=\"right\" style=\"float: right; display: inline;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-3ODkEjQTdOE\/VWOUolWxJiI\/AAAAAAAAixc\/UE5ydOxzDVI\/Original%252520Alien%252520poster%252520by%252520Bill%252520Gold%252520%2525281979%252529%25255B16%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThe tagline on the posters and ads for \u003Cem\u003EAlien\u003C\/em\u003E launched another famous space quotation: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“In space no one can hear you scream.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EExactly 16 years before \u003Cem\u003EStar Wars\u003C\/em\u003E debuted and 18 years before \u003Cem\u003EAlien\u003C\/em\u003E hit American movie screens, \u003Cstrong\u003EPresident John F. Kennedy\u003C\/strong\u003E announced a vision for space travel that wasn’t science fiction. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOn \u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMay 25, 1961\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/spaceflight.nasa.gov\/dayfacts\/2001\/0525.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ein a speech before a joint session\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E of Congress\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, he famously announced: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“\u003Cem\u003EI believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EKennedy didn’t live to see it, but America succeeded in achieving his goal in 1969, when NASA’s \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_11\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EApollo 11\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E astronauts landed on and returned from the moon. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe last of America’s six manned lunar landing missions was in 1972. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EEver since then, some of us have continued to hope that our government would pursue new manned trips to the moon. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt hasn’t. 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Thus, if the religious term “swear” didn’t fit a president's philosophy, he could say “affirm.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOn \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EApril 30, 1789\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, at \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.iment.com\/maida\/familytree\/henry\/history\/inauguration\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ehis inauguration ceremony\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E in New York City, George Washington became the first person to take the presidential oath.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWashington was a Christian. He chose to use the word “swear,” as every president except one has since then. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe exception was \u003Cstrong\u003EFranklin Pierce\u003C\/strong\u003E, who decided to say “affirm.” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMost presidents have also taken their oath while placing their hand on a Bible. However, nothing in the U.S. Constitution requires that. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt’s a tradition started by George Washington, who recited the oath with his hand on a \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/how_4926547_read-masonic-bible-online.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMasonic Bible\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E at his inauguration. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:b3682c72-a5f7-4480-b337-f80184ea2452\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Teddy Roosevelt taking the oath without a Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S9sLJ-jzs1I\/AAAAAAAAJig\/yDGopI7Wlas\/Theodore%20Roosevelt%20inauguration-8x6.gif?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"420\" height=\"265\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/S9sLKmWshmI\/AAAAAAAAJio\/8hmrM4lvfHM\/Theodore%20Roosevelt%20inauguration%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAlthough Masonic Bibles have since gone out of style, most presidents have sworn their oath with their hand on a Bible. I suspect this is partly to honor tradition and partly to avoid any controversy.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHowever, there have been some notable non-traditionalists.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Quincy Adams\u003C\/strong\u003E took the oath with his hand on a book of law. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETheodore Roosevelt\u003C\/strong\u003E decided not to use a Bible or any other book when he recited the oath at his inauguration. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThere has long been a debate about whether George Washington also started the tradition of saying \u003Cstrong\u003E“So help me God”\u003C\/strong\u003E after reciting the presidential oath.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EProf. Peter R. Henriques, author of the book \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0813927412?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0813927412\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERealistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=0813927412\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, wrote an interesting article about this debate that’s \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hnn.us\/articles\/59548.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eposted on the \u003Cem\u003EHistory News Network\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe concluded there’s no proof Washington actually said “So help me God.”\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EApparently, the first American president to do so was \u003Cstrong\u003EChester A. 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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Sir Hubert Parry\" href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TZDZZDTX37I\/AAAAAAAARKU\/IbJbUC0PeGI\/Sir%20Hubert%20Parry%20%281848-1918%29-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TZDfMNCMMBI\/AAAAAAAARKo\/AhjY6ZV97uU\/Sir%20Hubert%20Parry%20%281848-1918%29%5B22%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"224\" height=\"312\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf you’re not British, you may only be vaguely aware of the song\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Jerusalem.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E But the tune and lyrics are very familiar to the people of England. \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt is England’s unofficial national anthem, like “God Bless America” is in the United States. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESome Brits have urged that “Jerusalem” be made the \u003Cem\u003Eofficial\u003C\/em\u003E national anthem of England.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe song was first performed on \u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarch 28, 1916\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E, during World War I, at a patriotic “Fight for Right” concert at Queen’s Hall in London. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIts melody was composed that year by \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hubert_Parry\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESir Hubert Parry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, one of England’s most famous composers. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe lyrics are more than a century older than the music. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThey come from the preface English poet and artist \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.online-literature.com\/blake\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWilliam Blake\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E wrote for his epic poem \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/propheticbooksof00blak\/propheticbooksof00blak_djvu.txt\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMilton\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, which was first published in late 1810 or early 1811.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe first two paragraphs of Blake’s preface are an obtuse rant that criticizes, among other things, the \u003Cem\u003E“Hirelings in the Camp, the Court, \u0026amp; the University: who would if they could for ever depress Mental \u0026amp; prolong Corporeal War.” \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:ce07d3e5-33e5-4340-ae90-f5c49df15203\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"float: right; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"William Blake and one of the illustrations he created for his epic poem \" href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TZDZaIxtaoI\/AAAAAAAARKc\/ooTWI9l1Ex4\/William%20Blake%20with%20Milton%20illustration-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\" milton??=\"Milton??\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TZDfNjtXfXI\/AAAAAAAARKs\/_YxZYlWyIQU\/William%20Blake%20with%20Milton%20illustration%5B9%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"410\" height=\"337\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe second part of the preface, written in verse, are the words used as the lyrics for the song “Jerusalem”:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“And did those feet in ancient time          \u003Cbr \/\u003EWalk upon England’s mountains green?           \u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd was the holy Lamb of God           \u003Cbr \/\u003EOn England’s pleasant pastures seen?\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAnd did the Countenance Divine          \u003Cbr \/\u003EShine forth upon our clouded hills?           \u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd was Jerusalem builded here           \u003Cbr \/\u003EAmong these dark satanic mills?\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBring me my bow of burning gold;          \u003Cbr \/\u003EBring me my arrows of desire;           \u003Cbr \/\u003EBring me my spear; O clouds, unfold! \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E         \u003Cbr \/\u003EBring me my chariot of fire!\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI will not cease from mental fight,          \u003Cbr \/\u003ENor shall my sword sleep in my hand,           \u003Cbr \/\u003ETill we have built Jerusalem           \u003Cbr \/\u003EIn England’s green and pleasant land.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe first and last lines of the song are widely known and often quoted, as is the phrase \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time#.22Dark_Satanic_Mills.22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“dark satanic mills”\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E — a poetic expression of Blake’s opinion about the smoke-belching, labor-abusing factories of the Industrial Revolution.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe song also helped popularize the phrase \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chariots_of_Fire\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“chariot of fire”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, which Blake took from the King James Version of the Bible.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe idea of using Blake’s verses from the preface to \u003Cem\u003EMilton\u003C\/em\u003E as song lyrics was suggested to Parry by English Poet Laureate \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/robert-seymour-bridges\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERobert Seymour Bridges\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBridges envisioned the song as a moving piece of musical propaganda, part of the patriotic, pro-war “Fight for Right” movement designed to help revive public support for Britain’s involvement in World War I.\u0026#160; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv id=\"scid:53357c8b-5919-4e32-8c25-305d27c17a37:bb1c2a5d-0924-47c6-8e3e-cd13f9570fa1\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"float: left; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 20px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 20px\"\u003E\u003Cembed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"267\" width=\"325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/73eB-aAo8Eg\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHubert Parry had a somewhat different vision for how his song would be remembered. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHis wife, Elizabeth, was involved in the women’s suffrage movement and he strongly supported giving women the right to vote. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWith Hubert’s blessing, the song was adopted as an inspirational \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/codexceltica.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/jerusalem-anthem-for-england.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eanthem by British women’s suffrage groups\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, who won their fight for women’s voting rights in 1918.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOn \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=zWPvwuOGA4EC\u0026amp;pg=PA137\u0026amp;dq=%22Votes+for+women%22+%2213+march+1918%22+Jerusalem\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;ei=E-6QTcugG4aatweOlamICQ\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;oi=book_result\u0026amp;ct=result\u0026amp;resnum=1\u0026amp;ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage\u0026amp;q=%22Votes%20for%20women%22%20%2213%20march%201918%22%20Jerusalem\u0026amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMarch 13, 1918\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, Parry staged a highly visible performance of his song at London's Albert Hall to celebrate the culmination of the “Votes for Women” campaign. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ELater, “Jerusalem” became \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time#Popularisation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ea general, patriotic British anthem\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAnd, although it is not technically a Christian hymn, it is often sung as one at many churches in England. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EFor decades, “Jerusalem” has also been sung by audiences at the end of the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Proms#Last_Night_of_the_Proms\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“Last Night of the Proms,”\u003C\/a\u003E the final concert in the series of annual “Henry Wood Promenade Concerts” presented by the BBC.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe song is also frequently sung at cricket and rugby games, like the “Star-Spangled Banner” is sung at American baseball games. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn recent years it has become popular with environmentalists for the lyrics invoking the ideal of a “green and pleasant land.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt’s also said to have been a favorite of an earlier brand of nature lovers in the so-called “Naturist Movement” (i.e., nudists), due to a legend that a visitor to William Blake’s home once found him and his wife sunning themselves nude in their garden.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHundreds of recordings of “Jerusalem” have been made over the decades. 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Fields"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"“It ain’t a fit night out for man or beast!”"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:e0496537-7fa0-4f81-8dae-0a45d03fbee8\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-dHHSNhPVQxw\/UxSx5skegvI\/AAAAAAAAe8E\/kUdFdo_RpZ4\/W.C.%252520Fields%252520Fatal%252520Glass%252520of%252520Beer%252520quote-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"410\" height=\"303\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-a_DBee5awK0\/UxSx7eMXVgI\/AAAAAAAAe8I\/F_sbdfa1KkI\/W.C.%252520Fields%252520Fatal%252520Glass%252520of%252520Beer%252520quote%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cbr\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a nostalgic fondness for one the most famous movie quotations uttered by \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ethe great comic actor \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W._C._Fields\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EW.C. Fields\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E: \u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Cem\u003E“It ain’t a fit night out for man or beast!”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAs a kid growing up in Dayton, Ohio in the 1950s, I often heard my father and his old World War II Army buddies say those words to each other on snowy or rainy nights. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EEvery time they said it, they’d chuckle. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI’d chuckle, too. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut at the time I didn’t actually know where they got the line or why it was funny to them. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt wasn’t until my college days that I saw the W.C. Fields movie that popularized the line — \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fatal_Glass_of_Beer_(1933_film)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Fatal Glass of Beer\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E— \u003C\/em\u003Eand realized they were quoting him.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThat famous Fields two-reel “short subject” was first released to movie theaters nationwide on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EMarch 3, 1933\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. My Dad and his friends had seen it and other Fields films at local movie theaters in Dayton when they were young. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"W.C. Fields gets a faceful of snow after saying: \" href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-WiY7JEL-gDE\/UxSx78g-49I\/AAAAAAAAe8U\/GVZqS_3pLCA\/Image.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\" it=\"It\" ain?t=\"ain?t\" a=\"a\" fit=\"fit\" night=\"night\" out=\"out\" for=\"for\" man=\"man\" or=\"or\" beast.??=\"beast.??\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"385\" height=\"321\" align=\"right\" style=\"float: right; display: inline;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-g3ybmAToUp4\/UxSx9ugFWTI\/AAAAAAAAe8Y\/cf35aPjZs08\/Image.png?imgmax=800\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIt was produced by \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mack_Sennett\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMack Sennett\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Canadian-born Hollywood mogul who produced many classic silent and early “talkie” comedies from 1911 until the mid-1930s, including the \u003Cstrong\u003EKeystone Cops\u003C\/strong\u003E films, and films by legendary comedians like Fields, \u003Cstrong\u003ECharlie Chaplin\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EFatty Arbuckle\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E  \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:6a17049a-de6b-41a3-8008-6b9a6c2172b5\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf you’ve seen \u003Cem\u003EThe Fatal Glass of Beer\u003C\/em\u003E then you know the line \u003Cem\u003E“It ain’t a fit night out for man or beast”\u003C\/em\u003E is used repeatedly in it for comic effect. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf you haven’t seen the film, you can \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en\u0026amp;rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS242\u0026amp;q=The%20Fatal%20Glass%20of%20Beer\u0026amp;um=1\u0026amp;ie=UTF-8\u0026amp;tbo=u\u0026amp;tbs=vid:1\u0026amp;source=og\u0026amp;sa=N\u0026amp;tab=wv\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ewatch it on YouTube and other sites\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E. It’s a classic!\u003C\/font\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe movie is set in the Yukon during winter. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EW.C. Fields plays a local prospector named \u003Cstrong\u003EMr. Snavely\u003C\/strong\u003E, who lives in a remote, rustic cabin with his wife. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESix different times in the movie, Fields opens the cabin door, looks out, then intones: \u003Cem\u003E“It ain't a fit night out for man or beast.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EEvery time he does, a gust of wind blows a cloud of snow into his face. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe audience can see that it’s obviously a bucketful of fake snow being thrown at Fields from off screen. It’s clearly hokey, as intended.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Fatal Glass of Beer\u003C\/em\u003E was, in part, a send-up of earlier, badly-produced films and vaudeville shows. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"W.C. Fields singing \" href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-XsA3Dn1OL8w\/UxSx-Zfk95I\/AAAAAAAAe8k\/ZECcP6w-djA\/W.C.%252520Fields%252520singing%252520The%252520Fatal%252520Glass%252520of%252520Beer-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\" the=\"The\" fatal=\"Fatal\" glass=\"Glass\" of=\"of\" beer??=\"Beer??\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"385\" height=\"331\" align=\"left\" style=\"float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-EvJLnU9IjWM\/UxVESTvOe4I\/AAAAAAAAe88\/fgY8HGfeSe4\/W.C.%252520Fields%252520singing%252520The%252520Fatal%252520Glass%252520of%252520Beer%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIt also mocks the moralistic tone of some early movies and older anti-drinking temperance shows. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe title of the film comes from a faux temperance song Fields sings during the first few minutes, at the request of his friend, a local Canadian Mountie played by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Cramer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERichard Cramer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EFields accompanies himself by seeming to play what the Mountie calls a “dulcimer.” It’s actually a zither and Fields strums it while wearing thick furry mittens and singing off-key. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:66c83a40-c35d-4ac6-92ea-9afe6624f3ae\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe song, credited to vaudeville comedian \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlie_Case\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ECharlie Case\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, tells the tale of a young country boy who goes to the big city and visits a bar, where a group of rowdy city boys talk him into drinking\u003Cem\u003E “the fatal glass of beer.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThat single drink immediately causes the poor boy to have delirium tremens, go wild and crazy and break a Salvation Army worker’s tambourine. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe moral of the song, as given in \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/folk-song-lyrics\/Fatal_Glass_of_Beer.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ethe lyrics\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, is don’t drink alcohol and \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“Don’t go ‘round breaking people’s tambourines.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EYes, the song and movie are as kooky as that sounds. It’s almost as surreal as a \u003Cem\u003EMonty Python\u003C\/em\u003E skit. Indeed, I view it as a forerunner of the kind of creatively wacky humor the Pythons are known for. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Fatal Glass of Beer\u003C\/em\u003E wasn’t a big hit when it came out. But it eventually became a cult classic, giving my father and millions of other people a funny line to say when the weather is nasty. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBy the way, Fields says \u003Cem\u003E“man \u003Cu\u003Eor\u003C\/u\u003E beast,”\u003C\/em\u003E not \u003Cem\u003E“man \u003Cu\u003Enor\u003C\/u\u003E beast.”\u003C\/em\u003E The latter is a common misquote. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAs I recall, my late father said it correctly. I think he was as much of a W.C. Fields fan as I eventually became. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThis one’s for you, Dad.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003ERELATED POST:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/2011\/02\/any-man-who-hates-dogs-and-babies-cant.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Any man who hates dogs and babies can’t be all bad.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E*\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EComments? 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margin: 15px 15px 15px 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Oscar Wilde temptation quote WM\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--kS_4I1bt4w\/VstCKoNWZ9I\/AAAAAAAAkjg\/RzIg2DJ26WQ\/Oscar%252520Wilde%252520temptation%252520quote%252520WM_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E   \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn 1892, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oscar_Wilde\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOscar Wilde\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E was near the peak of his fame.   \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe had already gained international renown as a poet, essayist and wit. His novel \u003Cem\u003EThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003C\/em\u003E — first serialized in \u003Cem\u003ELippincott’s Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E 1890, then published in book form in 1891 — was highly popular.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThen, in 1892, he enjoyed his first major success as a playwright with the production of his Victorian-era comedy of manners \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lady_Windermere's_Fan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ELady Windermere’s Fan\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E. \u003C\/em\u003E(The full original title is \u003Cem\u003ELady Windermere's Fan: A Play about a Good Woman\u003C\/em\u003E.)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe play opened at St. James’s Theatre in London on \u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFebruary 20, 1892\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E, where it ran to packed houses through the end of July. Some books and websites give the date February 22, 1892 for the premiere, but the majority — and the \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=30\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;newwindow=1\u0026amp;safe=off\u0026amp;rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS367US367\u0026amp;tbs=bks%3A1\u0026amp;q=%22lady+windermere%27s+fan%22+%22February+20%2C+1892%22+OR+%2220+February+1892%22\u0026amp;aq=f\u0026amp;aqi=\u0026amp;aql=\u0026amp;oq=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Emost authoritative sources\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E — say the play opened on February 20.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELady Windermere’s Fan \u003C\/em\u003Ehas continued to be performed on stages throughout the world ever since.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe first movie adaptation was a silent film produced in England in 1916. In 1925, a \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FvcHHFB6SyE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Emore widely-seen silent film version\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E was released, starring Ronald Colman and May McAvoy and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn 1949, Otto Preminger produced and directed an updated film version, titled \u003Cem\u003EThe Fan\u003C\/em\u003E. It starred Jeanne Crain and George Sanders. One of the scriptwriters was Dorothy Parker.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ENoel Coward created a musical version of the play in 1954, which he titled \u003Cem\u003EAfter the Ball\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"scid:8747F07C-CDE8-481f-B0DF-C6CFD074BF67:66c834a1-cda6-43d9-826f-b5e861ce9c4b\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TWGSonY4ObI\/AAAAAAAAQoI\/6P3_7VGYdOE\/Lady%20Windermere%27s%20Fan-8x6%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"246\" height=\"335\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TWGSppdgksI\/AAAAAAAAQoQ\/ALYOSAYDP2c\/Lady%20Windermere%27s%20Fan%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe BBC produced two \u003Cem\u003EMasterpiece Theatre\u003C\/em\u003E-style adaptations for television, one in 1972 and \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000KNDC52?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=B000KNDC52\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eanother in 1985\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe most recent film based on Wilde’s play was made in 2004. Titled \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1QAD1bT\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EA Good Woman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, it stars Scarlett Johansson as Meg Windermere. (Thanks to my fellow quote aficionado \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mardy-Grothe\/e\/B001IXMVGO\/?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;linkCode=ur2\u0026amp;qid=1361478575\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;tag=thisdayinquotes-20\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EDr. Mardy Grothe \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;l=ur2\u0026amp;o=1\" border=\"0\"\u003Efor bringing that excellent adaptation to my attention.)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EEven if you’ve never seen any version of \u003Cem\u003ELady Windermere’s Fan\u003C\/em\u003E, you probably know some of the oft-cited lines from it that are \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=30\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;newwindow=1\u0026amp;safe=off\u0026amp;rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS367US367\u0026amp;tbs=bks%3A1\u0026amp;q=%22lady+windermere%27s+fan%22+quotations+OR+quotes\u0026amp;btnG=Search\u0026amp;aq=f\u0026amp;aqi=\u0026amp;aql=\u0026amp;oq=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eincluded in many books of quotations\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn Act I, the character Lord Darlington makes the famed quip:\u003Cem\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E“I can resist everything except temptation.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn Act III, Lord Darlington says the sardonic line:\u003Cem\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E (My favorite reference to that line is in the 1981 song \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/STy8FWhQPwU\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Message of Love”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E by The Pretenders, in which Chrissie Hynde sings: “\u003Cem\u003EWe are all of us in the gutter \/ But some of us are looking at the stars\u003C\/em\u003E.”)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAlso in Act III, the character Mr. Dumby utters the \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=30\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;newwindow=1\u0026amp;safe=off\u0026amp;rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS367US367\u0026amp;tbs=bks%3A1\u0026amp;q=%E2%80%9CExperience+is+the+name+everyone+gives+to+their+mistakes.%E2%80%9D\u0026amp;btnG=Search\u0026amp;aq=f\u0026amp;aqi=\u0026amp;aql=\u0026amp;oq=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eoft-quoted bit of wisdom\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E:\u003Cem\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAn exchange shortly after that between the character Cecil Graham and Lord Darlington is the origin of \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=30\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;newwindow=1\u0026amp;safe=off\u0026amp;rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS367US367\u0026amp;tbs=bks%3A1\u0026amp;q=cynic+%E2%80%9CA+man+who+knows+the+price+of+everything+and+the+value+of+nothing.%E2%80%9D\u0026amp;aq=f\u0026amp;aqi=\u0026amp;aql=\u0026amp;oq=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ethe now proverbial definition of a cynic\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E:\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; GRAHAM:\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“What is a cynic?”\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; DARLINGTON: \u003Cstrong\u003E“A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EA few year’s after the success of \u003Cem\u003ELady Windermere’s Fan\u003C\/em\u003E, Wilde’s fortunes took a dramatic downturn. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe was imprisoned for violating England’s puritanical laws against homosexuality (which Wilde’s lover Alfred Douglas famously called\u003Cem\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E“the love that dare not speak its name”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E in his 1894 poem \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/law2.umkc.edu\/faculty\/projects\/ftrials\/wilde\/poemsofdouglas.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Two Loves”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E).\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAfter being released from prison in 1897, Wilde published his last well-known work, “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” the poem that contains the famous line:\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/2010\/02\/each-man-kills-thing-he-loves-sometimes.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“Yet each man kills the thing he loves.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWilde was a broken, impoverished, sick man after serving his prison sentence. But according to legend, he gave us one final witticism before he died in a dingy Paris boarding room on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003ENovember 30, 1900\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHis dying words, as he gazed at the drab walls of the room were \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/XCiiFB\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E(purportedly)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E:\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Cem\u003E“Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EComments? 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href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_dismal_science\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“The Dismal Science”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is an old but still commonly-used nickname for the realm of economics. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?biw=1862\u0026amp;bih=874\u0026amp;sxsrf=ACYBGNR5jndSyWGrp82FS2apSsR7heSk9g%3A1580577409064\u0026amp;ei=gbI1XqusA8jYsAWM3bDwDg\u0026amp;q=%22Professors+of+the+Dismal+Science%22+\u0026amp;oq=%22Professors+of+the+Dismal+Science%22+\u0026amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i22i29i30.8698.8698..8969...0.3..0.84.84.1......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71.93gFgZh8Hk8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjr8IbY7bDnAhVILKwKHYwuDO4Q4dUDCAs\u0026amp;uact=5\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“Professors of the Dismal Science”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E is an old but still used nickname for economists.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBoth were coined in the mid-1800s by the British historian, translator, essayist, author and mathematician \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Carlyle\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThomas Carlyle\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (1795-1881). \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI suspect most people who see those terms \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%E2%80%9CThe+Dismal+Science%E2%80%9D\u0026amp;sxsrf=ACYBGNTXIR4qPXePOk573fkNTC-V0PadSA:1580577743226\u0026amp;source=lnms\u0026amp;tbm=nws\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwiM6bL37rDnAhVDcq0KHQKYCxUQ_AUoAXoECDAQAw\u0026amp;biw=1862\u0026amp;bih=874\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eused in news stories, opinion pieces and books\u003C\/a\u003E nowadays just think they reflect the view that economics tends to be boring or depressing. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut the story behind their creation by Carlyle is more complex and more distasteful than that.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn a nutshell, Carlyle used the terms\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Eto criticize liberal, mid-19\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Century social commentators like \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/mill\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Stuart Mill\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and modern-thinking economists who believed it would be best for society and the economy if people of all races were free from slavery and other forms of forced labor and had certain basic social and economic rights — such as the right to buy or produce and sell products as they saw fit, the right to decide what they wanted to do for work, the right to decide who they were willing to work for, and the right to reject levels of payment for their products or work that they deemed unfair. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EToday, those beliefs are generally accepted. But it was a different world when Carlyle created the phrase\u003Cem\u003E “the Dismal Science”\u003C\/em\u003E and dubbed progressive thinkers like Mill\u003Cem\u003E “Professors of the Dismal Science.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EUntil the mid-1800s, slavery was a foundation of key industries in the UK and other European countries, and in the colonies they exploited in the Caribbean, Africa and elsewhere. It was also a foundation of major agricultural and industrial businesses in the United States, which lagged behind the UK in ending the practice. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe British Parliament outlawed the slave trade in 1807. In the 1830s, Great Britain emancipated the slaves on British islands in the West Indies and in other colonies.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThis led to economic impacts that generated significant controversy. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBritish-owned plantations and industries that had depended on slave labor began going bankrupt. Some freed slaves became paid workers, but the pay was generally low. Many preferred to live off what they could produce from their own small pieces of land or entrepreneurial initiative. But unemployment levels were high among former slaves and most lived in extreme poverty. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"275\" height=\"400\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; float: right; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Zh3qwmukBqs\/XjWtk9VMv2I\/AAAAAAABJGg\/-Tk77K1PVocXrrHJFPpa8_XCBs9JMJ9NgCKgBGAsYHg\/s1600\/Occasional%2BDiscourse%2Bon%2Bthe%2BNigger%2BQuestion%2Bby%2BThomas%2BCarlyle%2B1853.jpg\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003EMeanwhile, in 1848, white working class people throughout Europe were pushing back against traditional class-based, aristocratic political systems and unfair exploitation by businesses. A wave of rebellions — now called\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revolutions_of_1848\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“the Revolutions of 1848”\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E — swept through dozens of European countries. The goals were greater democracy, better worker rights and wages, and, in some cases Socialism or Communism. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThomas Carlyle was disturbed by these events and trends and threw scorn at social and economic philosophies and observers that were sympathetic to them.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn 1849\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E he wrote a now infamous article published anonymously in the December 1849 issue \u003Cem\u003EFraser’s Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E under the title \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/cruel.org\/econthought\/texts\/carlyle\/carlodnq.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (It was reprinted in 1853 under the more offensive title \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/cruel.org\/econthought\/texts\/carlyle\/odnqbk.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Occasional Discourse on the Nigger Question,”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E with the attribution “Communicated by T. Carlyle.”)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe piece is written in a satirical, cynical style that Carlyle apparently thought was both humorous and persuasive. The “discourse” it relates (basically a rant) is attributed to an unnamed but clearly white, upper-class speaker. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe mocks his \u003Cem\u003E“philanthropic friends”\u003C\/em\u003E who supported the emancipation of slaves and believed in a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laissez-faire\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003Elaissez faire\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E type commerce amongst free men, governed primarily by supply and demand. He said of those schools of thought: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“...not a ‘gay science,’ but a rueful — which finds the secret of this universe in ‘supply and demand,’ and reduces the duty of human governors to that of letting men alone…no, a dreary, desolate and, indeed, quite abject and distressing one; what we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe went on to warn that \u003Cem\u003E“the Dismal Science, led by any sacred cause of black emancipation...will give birth to progenies and prodigies: dark extensive moon-calves, unnameable abortions, wide-coiled monstrosities, such as the world has not seen hitherto!”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe article in \u003Cem\u003EFraser’s\u003C\/em\u003E is full of obtuse, outdated language and references. It’s not easy for modern readers to understand. And, it could almost seem like Carlyle was mocking the speaker, not the anti-slavery, free market advocates. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut, in fact, Carlyle was essentially a racist and a supporter of class-based social systems and autocratic governments. He didn’t much like untalented, hereditary aristocrats, but he admired self-made tyrants, dictators and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/captain_of_industry\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“Captains of Industry.”\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn his 1841 book \u003Ci\u003EOn Heroes and Hero-Worship,\u003C\/i\u003E he proclaimed that \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cb\u003E“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.\u003C\/b\u003E” \u003C\/em\u003E(The basis for\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_man_theory\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“the Great Man theory”\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E of history.)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ECarlyle’s diatribe in the \u003Cem\u003EFraser’s\u003C\/em\u003E article argues that the recent history of Great Britain’s Caribbean colonies proved that \u003Cem\u003Elaissez faire\u003C\/em\u003E economic policies and the emancipation of black slaves were ultimately bad for both whites and blacks. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe suggests that the best course for the West Indies and “civilized” countries in general would be to go back to the\u003Cem\u003E “the beneficent whip”\u003C\/em\u003E and compel the \u003Cem\u003E“indolent, two-legged cattle”\u003C\/em\u003E who were former slaves and other such lesser humans — like the\u003Cem\u003E “unsold; unbought, unmarketable Irish”\u003C\/em\u003E — to work. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"523\" height=\"400\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EeQjt9cEECc\/XjWtk3hy3TI\/AAAAAAABJGg\/S67hR339ZzYZV4BLGjBMzFh7xOomz7lDQCKgBGAsYHg\/s1600\/THE%2BLATTER%2BDAY%2BPAMPHLETS%2Bby%2BThomas%2BCarlyle.jpg\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003ECarlyle coined the phrase \u003Cem\u003E“Professors of the Dismal Science”\u003C\/em\u003E in a series of pamphlets he wrote in 1850 called \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/1140\/1140-h\/1140-h.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETHE LATTER-DAY PAMPHLETS\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E It pops up first in Pamphlet No. 1, titled “THE PRESENT TIME” and dated \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EFebruary 1, 1850\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn the opening of that pamphlet, Carlyle outlines some of his basic beliefs. Here are a few examples:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; “Historically speaking, I believe there was no Nation that could subsist upon Democracy.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; “I say, it is the everlasting privilege of the foolish to be governed by the wise; to be guided in the right path by those who know it better than they. This is the first ‘right of man;’ compared with which all other rights are as nothing.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; “In all European countries, especially in England, one class of Captains and commanders of men, recognizable as the beginning of a new real and not imaginary ‘Aristocracy,’ has already in some measure developed itself: the Captains of Industry.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ELater in the first pamphlet, Carlyle includes what he portrays as a speech by a British Prime Minister that was aimed at poor, unemployed people; people like the millions in Ireland suffering fro\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Em the potato famine and \u003Cem\u003E“other Beggars, the able-bodied Lackalls, nomadic or stationary, and the general assembly, outdoor and indoor, of the Pauper Populations of these Realms.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe fictional PM, elucidating what are actually Carlyle’s views, urges these benighted souls to become\u003Cem\u003E “Soldiers of Industry.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ECarlyle anticipates that misguided do-gooders will criticize such views and inserts a parenthetical paragraph that includes his first use of \u003Cem\u003E“Professors of the Dismal Science.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Here arises indescribable uproar, no longer repressible, from all manner of Economists, Emancipationists, Constitutionalists, and miscellaneous Professors of the Dismal Science.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ECarlyle’s imaginary PM scoffs at such people and continues to bloviate. Carlyle apparently viewed what he says as inspiring, though it was not likely to be perceived that way by any impoverished Irish, working class Brits or ex slaves who heard or read it. Near the end, the PM says to them:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“Here is work for you; \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003Estrike into it with manlike, soldier-like obedience and heartiness, according to the methods here prescribed,—wages follow for you without difficulty; all manner of just remuneration, and at length emancipation itself follows. Refuse to strike into it; shirk the heavy labor, disobey the rules,—I will admonish and endeavor to incite you; if in vain, I will flog you; if still in vain, I will at last shoot you,—and make God's Earth, and the forlorn-hope in God's Battle, free of you.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn that first \u003Cem\u003ELATTER-DAY PAMPHLET\u003C\/em\u003E, Carlyle links but does not limit the term \u003Cem\u003E“Professors of the Dismal Science”\u003C\/em\u003E to economists. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHowever, over the decades, the term \u003Cem\u003E“the Dismal Science”\u003C\/em\u003E lost its connection to the 19th Century debate over slavery, democracy and economic freedom in common usage. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt simply became a term writers use, usually in a humorous way, to describe economics in general. \u003Cem\u003E“Professors of the Dismal Science”\u003C\/em\u003E became a common humorous description of economists. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMost people who use the terms that way today are unaware of the dismal social, economic and political views behind their creation by Carlyle.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E*\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EComments? 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Peppard, Dwight Schultz and Mr. T.\" href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TTxpbW0VPbI\/AAAAAAAAP-I\/nQL_OoiFp-g\/the-a-team-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"310\" height=\"317\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_5XvBYfxU_dM\/TTx2v9oAPbI\/AAAAAAAAP-c\/MMvkTOYREZk\/the-a-team%5B21%5D.png?imgmax=800\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EYou may or may not be a fan of the ‘80s TV series \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_A-Team\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe A-Team\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, but you probably know the famous catchphrase from the show: \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cem\u003E“I love it when a plan comes together.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt was used frequently throughout the show’s five-season run from 1983 to 1986 by the team’s cigar-chomping leader, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/a-team.wikia.com\/wiki\/John_%22Hannibal%22_Smith\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EColonel John “Hannibal” Smith\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, played by actor \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000577\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge Peppard\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EPeppard first uttered the line in the 2-hour pilot episode \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000W4Q9TU\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=B000W4Q9TU\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;tag=thisdayinquotes-20\u0026amp;linkId=3DQWHLPGRLTXGJDE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“Mexican Slayride,”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E which originally aired on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJanuary 23, 1983\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E as an NBC “Sunday Night Movie.” \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe first regular one-hour episode of \u003Cem\u003EThe A-Team\u003C\/em\u003E aired the following week, on January 30, 1983, following the Superbowl. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAfter that, the show moved to a Tuesday 8pm time slot.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOther members of Hannibal’s team of good-guy mercenaries included: Templeton “Face” Peck, played by \u003Cstrong\u003EDirk Benedict\u003C\/strong\u003E throughout the regular series but by \u003Cstrong\u003ETim Dunigan\u003C\/strong\u003E in the pilot; “Howling Mad” Murdock, played by \u003Cstrong\u003EDwight Schultz\u003C\/strong\u003E; and, Boscoe “B.A.” (for “Bad Attitude”) Baracus, memorably played by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrt\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMr. T\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ENaturally, Peppard’s catchphrase in the \u003Cem\u003EA-Team\u003C\/em\u003E TV series was resurrected and \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0429493\/quotes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eused several times\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TN3B8c\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA-Team\u003C\/em\u003E movie\u003C\/a\u003E released in 2010, which starred \u003Cstrong\u003ELiam Neeson\u003C\/strong\u003E as Hannibal Smith. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESome people assume that the \u003Cem\u003EA-Team\u003C\/em\u003E series is also the origin of another well-known catchphrase — Mr. T’s famous line \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E“I pity the fool.”\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn fact, that line was first used by Mr. T \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084602\/quotes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ein the 1982 movie \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERocky III\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, in which he played Rocky’s boxing opponent \u003Cstrong\u003E“Clubber” Lang\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/theateamforum.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=characters\u0026amp;action=print\u0026amp;thread=146\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAccording to the \u003Cem\u003EA-Team\u003C\/em\u003E experts\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E (i.e., hardcore fans who have watched and rewatched the entire series) Mr. T never said \u003Cem\u003E“I pity the fool”\u003C\/em\u003E in any of the 98 episodes of the show.\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI’m willing to take their word for it. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI did enjoy watching \u003Cem\u003EThe A-Team\u003C\/em\u003E back in the 1980s and I still watch reruns of the show occasionally on one of the retro TV channels. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont 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padding: 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Martin Luther King, Jr at the \" href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-01kJZtWpGjI\/Uh6AriK2eeI\/AAAAAAAAc_I\/29D3WjBqwYk\/Martin%252520Luther%252520King%25252C%252520Jr%252520at%252520the%252520March%252520on%252520Washington-8x6-8x6.jpg?imgmax=800\" rel=\"thumbnail\" washington?=\"\" 1963?=\"\" march=\"\" on=\"\" august=\"\" 28,=\"\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"334\" height=\"403\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-dtiebfoIXns\/Uh6AsE3VmNI\/AAAAAAAAc_Q\/13-lQcQe6RA\/Martin%252520Luther%252520King%25252C%252520Jr%252520at%252520the%252520March%252520on%252520Washington-8x6%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003EThe observance of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMartin Luther King Jr. Day\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, on the third Monday of January each year, always makes me think of his most quoted words: \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“I have a dream…”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAfter doing some research on the story behind those famous words, I find them even more memorable. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAugust 28th is generally cited as the anniversary of King’s use of \u003Cem\u003E“I have a dream…”\u003C\/em\u003E because he spoke them in the moving, high-profile address he gave \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eat the historic \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/march-on-washington\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E“March on Washington”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E on \u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAugust 28, 1963. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWhat he said that day is rightly considered to be one of the greatest speeches in history. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIt is generally referred to \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eas the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Have_a_Dream\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E“I Have a Dream” Speech,\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E due to King’s repeated use of the phrase during the last third of his remarks.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut if King had stuck to the written version of the speech he’d prepared it would be known by a different name. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/i.a.cnn.net\/cnn\/SPECIALS\/2007\/king.papers\/images\/dream.draft.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Etyped copy\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E that his aides gave to the press that morning and that King carried to the podium was titled \u003Cstrong\u003E“Normalcy – Never Again.”\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe words \u003Cem\u003E“I have a dream”\u003C\/em\u003E were not in it. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn fact, King had consciously decided \u003Cem\u003Enot\u003C\/em\u003E to include that phrase because he’d used it before in several other speeches. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe and his aides thought it might seem stale.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe had used the phrase recently in \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu\/index.php\/encyclopedia\/documentsentry\/doc_speech_at_the_great_march_on_detroit\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eanother high-profile speech\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E at a major civil rights rally in Detroit on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003EJune 23, 1963\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn that speech he repeated \u003Cem\u003E“I have a dream”\u003C\/em\u003E numerous times in a series of sentences that are very similar to those he later used in the most famous part of his August 28 speech in Washington.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Martin+Luther+King+%22I+Have+A+Dream+Speech%22+1963\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"611\" height=\"400\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; float: right; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XFaHdFjoGC8\/XiW9CR9AC-I\/AAAAAAABI_E\/5Wz_FEH2i-cV7Qx73BUQAhRaPIrDvKtcQCKgBGAsYHg\/s1600\/MLK%2BI%2Bhave%2Ba%2BDream%2BSpeech%2BREV2.jpg\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EAs \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1ci5mMb\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Enoted by many newspaper and magazine articles\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E and the book, \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608463222\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=1608463222\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;tag=thisdayinquotes-20\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, by Gary Younge, King was inspired to add \u003Cem\u003E“I have a dream”\u003C\/em\u003E to his Washington speech by the great gospel singer \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/mahalia-jackson-9351242\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EMahalia Jackson\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"scid:53357c8b-5919-4e32-8c25-305d27c17a37:f0d9c054-3730-48a5-b05d-6b56da924976\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 25px; float: right; display: inline;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E \u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EJackson \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gT0SUMSjMWw\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ehad sung\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E two rousing gospel songs shortly before King started speaking and was standing behind him. \u003C\/font\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EDuring the first eleven minutes of his speech, King basically delivered his prepared remarks. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ETo people who had heard him speak at other events, and to King himself, it seemed like a good speech, but not quite a great one. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThen, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/aug\/09\/martin-luther-king-dream-speech-history\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eas recounted in Younge’s book\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, something remarkable happened:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003EKing was winding up what would have been a well-received but, by his standards, fairly unremarkable oration. “Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana,” he said. Then, behind him, Mahalia Jackson cried out: “Tell ‘em about the dream, Martin.”…\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJackson had seen him deliver the dream refrain in Detroit in June and clearly it had moved her. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“Go back to the slums and ghettoes of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed,” King said\u003C\/em\u003E [continuing his prepared remarks]. \u003Cem\u003EJackson shouted again: “Tell ‘em about the dream.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EKing knew what she meant. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe stopped giving his written speech, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eset the written text aside on the podium, and began talking extemporaneously. Or, more accurately, \u003Cem\u003Ealmost\u003C\/em\u003E extemporaneously. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWhen you compare the text of the last part of King’s August 28 speech with the text of his June 23 speech, you can see that some of the most famous parts of what came to be called the “I Have a Dream” Speech were based on lines from the earlier address. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EOf course, this does nothing to diminish the amazing eloquence and impact of what King said on the 28th.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut it is interesting to compare some of the parallel language in the two speeches side by side. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf King had not recycled parts of the Detroit speech at the March on Washington, his speech on August 28 might now be called his “Normalcy – Never Again” Speech. And, his Detroit speech might be called his “I Have a Dream” Speech.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHere are some of the parallel lines from both speeches…\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"8\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E     \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E             \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003EFrom Martin Luther King, Jr.’s                    \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cu\u003Espeech in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/u\u003E                     \u003Cbr\u003EAugust 28, 1963\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.let.rug.nl\/usa\/documents\/1951-\/martin-luther-kings-i-have-a-dream-speech-august-28-1963.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E(Click here to read the entire speech)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E           \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"3\"\u003EFrom Martin Luther King, Jr.’s                \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cu\u003Espeech in Detroit\u003C\/u\u003E                 \u003Cbr\u003EJune 23, 1963                 \u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu\/index.php\/encyclopedia\/documentsentry\/doc_speech_at_the_great_march_on_detroit\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E(Click here to read the entire speech)\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp align=\"left\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI say to you today…I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAnd so this afternoon, I have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a dream this evening that one day we will recognize the words of Jefferson that “all men are created equal”…I have a dream this afternoon.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi…will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a dream that one day, right down in Georgia and Mississippi and Alabama, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to live together as brothers.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a dream this afternoon that my four little children…will be judged on the basis of the content of their character, not the color of their skin. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a dream that one day…little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a dream this afternoon that one day, one day little white children and little Negro children will be able to join hands as brothers and sisters.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EI have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted…and every hill shall be made low; the crooked places shall be made straight, and the rough places plain; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E      \u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAnd when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E       \u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\"\u003E         \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWith this faith, I will go out with you and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. With this faith, we will be able to achieve this new day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing with the Negroes in the spiritual of old: “Free at last! Free at last! 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Beale"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Misquotes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Movie Quotes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"November 27"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Peter Finch"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Political quotes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"“I’m mad as hell” — the misquote of a movie line that is itself a misquote!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"210\" height=\"296\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/EYYImv0a7F9UeysbmGIL5nnkMzh-au2NcoO63Wy0MvAAPtp1OnR7IwGH4wxA6S9Q4LSwgk-MAtdA3mKNwzRkitlx7AfUFSwVtzbB65-eMZaakH9VWo0mhmslEdzcYJaJec52cc3QzPde07y6Y4mcBLiwK7XTXkQbgjEb3Xa36RKwBcMA6W5tSjLggP6mfcMvfQKvoCl5WWgtNodxHyfG4vwHYzHzzYnTYGJQxNm-m_Sj3QJzQVqWMQkZ7A0ddB0mrRkQcFs9Vksayq3lIiIz9QdZj7ZBQevarb6FCPmP_hrZBptJZebk3yqefpz3USFg4QfUiuBlCk7_q09vpBfPyQ5BMpHvN7vhW1ZK03zNH2w1Ox4T3PCtWIPp0ZFP7FfCJvQpIoBMaENu-0yS8GjzWdL-zdtGgt7vQ1v4Gmw4VzmH40fIbU7_r2rTUtPVicrlAsJojYeYCYDGSaK2DirHHt1SeaaquJ-QNtsd7zB6Z2AK0mkCdwEh8IKtTe7npPq_ka-2reSyapuvnwZtEYj1kPMOTeBTGIyKM0nHwF2wyO_cZtEEDH0-3dlqPamR1wwqev9VETs73ENQvIR61Hgy7hsIQV0DyxghAQs5DbVN09uBMJ7IKckUQJhprMmGk7joaVuOhv-l9GAko3Jbv74iZCWA3bEfLgJR5ghqeNkaeC4VzdZcsD87dxel_Mgt_QOxrmD1pXqpOtZ02oqcD-4SwdpJoxurqfw2q23SVQWq9ftCmfXogQ=w520-h734-no\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDuring almost every recent election season, political commentators seem to talk about \u003Cem\u003E“angry voters”\u003C\/em\u003E of one kind or another.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThese disgruntled voters are usually said to be angry about certain current events or something politicians did or didn’t do. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EDuring the last presidential election, I even saw one story \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2016\/03\/this-election-is-gone-focus-group-finds-angry-voters-are-now-angry-at-the-angry-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ethat claimed\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E \u003Cem\u003E“angry voters are now angry at the angry voters.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn many stories about angry voters — and in online posts made by angry voters — \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37BwE2W\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ea common quote used is\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E: \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“I'm mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWhen a source is given for that quote, it’s usually cited as a line actor\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Finch\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPeter Finch\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E says in the movie \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Network_(1976_film)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ENetwork\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, which premiered in New York City on \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont color=\"#800000\"\u003ENovember 27, 1976\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EFinch does say something very close to that in the movie. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut the commonly-heard \u003Cem\u003E“I’m mad as hell”\u003C\/em\u003E version is not the actual movie quote. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENetwork\u003C\/em\u003E was written by \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paddy_Chayefsky\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EPaddy Chayefsky\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E and directed by \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sidney_Lumet\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ESidney Lumet\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn addition to Peter Finch, the superb cast includes \u003Cstrong\u003EFaye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall,\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ENed Beatty\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWhat Finch actually says in the movie, as network news anchorman Howard Beale,\u003Cem\u003E “the mad prophet of the airwaves,”\u003C\/em\u003E is:\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E   \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WINDtlPXmmE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cimg width=\"512\" height=\"305\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 15px 0px 15px 15px; float: right; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/fLo36fyZh1j-saOJVm6qUAyu1ISFfm_DIRmq3jj7MugVfI4PPMirCI1g9QS4i79VUtwX5HuAJ-IHY9zafvHXe3LKtCOMlS4vHwwTb5NDYQ3W8zIkyJ90b13K5-LQFa_f5_Nye2hn3E7Ho0Q8IfYXFUu43ZdcxDzzwUHh3voEGgQEJGPcqD4UsfGg8DBsu_helyXak3e1bflUnYDSmIpzsqalivVFX5dekEZkDJ1Gdye0zMZtNB6xvMDfAg2A7ebQsKPRrfLWqzWQB-NIl1XxkM1-IBYKAGrwd9ajtoVDK5BYfufywv8z50PFiV9R_x-21WXjLJe3CPV-u7_5UIbBTYpTaNnmfVNXFGjPpIje1PO7Y-aTGdiBer1IqTb7zIQms0Ydacyu9QlXwCFF7HJAWUn_osR4TCK0DB5fUjul_1G4yfckpd1SMxYvmQXn7cBe9bd6Km-xLSlR9FmSBvJ_BSpELN3FMP1Hik0xxhl4iHupyIsf-ZXU6YOyYKWZK_Hj-uJF-FNzHA1ITmSNr1aFnjwKJcWbeLag3NwIOswra7J2nm3Q5UtS_FLbtrqjxwZFABLKCKPeIwpVjSrfEkCdBhbrqMRW58811uljLLZOlAdPqAVpeGXTA-rUBp5jIA9V8Y9AfwNodChaBVbK6fGbW8ru6CU0eWFcRX29dAXoloU7RdPgvryyhLwA0h85UD7S725H-Eq1uJAtdD7lEqtnjbP_dRp0kggUxGijH6lEa4Citb92hg=w1652-h984-no\"\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe says the line several times in \u003Cem\u003ENetwork\u003C\/em\u003E, using the words \u003Cem\u003E“I’m as mad as”\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003E“take this”\u003C\/em\u003E — NOT \u003Cem\u003E“I’m mad as”\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003E“take it.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E    You can confirm what Finch says \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L0Larv\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eby watching the movie\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E or by viewing the scene in which he first unleashes his frequently misquoted line \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WINDtlPXmmE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eon YouTube\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThere’s also an excellent in-depth summary of \u003Cem\u003ENetwork\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/netw2.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Eon the AMC website\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E. (It uses the word \u003Cem\u003E“gonna”\u003C\/em\u003E in place of \u003Cem\u003E“going to,”\u003C\/em\u003E though to my ears and in the script, Finch clearly says \u003Cem\u003E“going to”\u003C\/em\u003E). \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf you didn’t know \u003Cem\u003ENetwork\u003C\/em\u003E was released in 1976, you might think the glorious rant Finch gives in it is a commentary on more recent times. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHe starts out by saying: \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E   \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EAfter warming up a bit more by citing a list of bad things, he delivers his call to action: \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E   \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E“So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out, and yell, ‘I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!’”\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E  \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIronically, \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/sfy.ru\/?script=network\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ein Chayefsky’s original script\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, Howard Beale is supposed to say\u003Cem\u003E “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.”\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EBut when the scene the line is first used in was filmed, Peter Finch spontaneously said, \u003Cem\u003E“I’m \u003Cu\u003Eas\u003C\/u\u003E mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.”\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EDirector \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2XTg5eg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ELumet decided to keep the line as Finch spoke it\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, thus creating a movie quote that’s often misquoted, but which is itself a misquote of what was written in the script. \u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIf you’re interested in misquotes, you can read about some others I’ve discussed in past posts by clicking \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/search?q=misquote+-Paddy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003Ethis link\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, or by buying books like Ralph Keyes' \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2OqmVoD\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThe Quote Verifier\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E and \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/35E3ONB\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003ENice Guys Finish Seventh\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, Garson O'Toole's \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/37H0rY7\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EHemingway Didn't Say That\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E, Elizabeth Knowles’ \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2OQFbGB\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EWhat They Didn't Say\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, \u003C\/em\u003Eor \u003C\/font\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2OKpnoY\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EThey Never Said It\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E by Paul F. Boller and John George.\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EIn the meantime, if you’re as mad as hell about the what’s happening in your community, your state, or in the US, get out and vote, damnit!\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003E*\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; *\u003C\/font\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cfont size=\"2\"\u003EComments? 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